Let us be one with
the earth expelling anger
spirit unbroken
For this week’s Haiku challenge I've chosen a poem by Sonia Sanchez, an African-American poet generally associated with the Black Arts Movement.
Here’s how Yoshinobu Hakutani describes Sanchez’s works in his essay “Cross-cultural visions of African America: From Spatial Narrative to Jazz Haiku”
“Some of Sanchez’s haiku like this one have an affinity with the Zen concept of mu (nothingness). This state of nothingness is devoid of all thoughts and emotions that are derived from human subjectivity and egotism and contrary to the conscious or unconscious truth represented by nature. An enlightened person is liberated from the selfcentered worldview, convention, or received opinion that lacks fairness and justice.”
Poem by Sonia Sanchez
Picture by CAMIO
This haiku poem is part of the Naviar haiku music challenge, where artists are invited to make music in response to a weekly assigned haiku poem. Participation is free and there are no limitations in the songs’ length or genre.
You have seven days from the posting of this haiku to submit your track. For information on how to make a submission, visit the Naviar Haiku Music Challenge page.
Submission deadline: 16th November 2016