A distant mountain
seen in the sunlight
a desolate field
This week’s haiku was written by Takahama Kyoshi, a Japanese poet active during the Showa period in Japan and one of the closest disciples of Masaoka Shiki. Enjoy!
Poem by Takahama Kyoshi http://terebess.hu/english/haiku/takahama.html
Picture by Erik Waider https://unsplash.com/@northlandscapes
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: 21st December 2016