In that empty house
with broken windows rattling
a door slams and slams
This week’s haiku is an evocative poem written by American poet Clement Hoyt. Hoyt started studying haiku and Zen with Nyogen Senzaki in 1936 and became one of the first English-language senryu writers.
Poem by Clement Hoyt http://terebess.hu/english/usa/hoyt.html
Picture by Paco S https://unsplash.com/@leoverdura
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: 1st March 2017