Harmattan winds
clattering dry leaves
count their days
The Harmattan is a season in the West African subcontinent, which occurs between the end of November and the middle of March. It is characterized by dry and dusty northeasterly trade wind, of the same name, which blows from the Sahara Desert over West Africa into the Gulf of Guinea.
A new haiku written by a member of Africa Haiku Network. Jamil Dan'bala Umar is a young teacher from Ghana and a regular contributor to the Mamba Haiku Journal.
Poem by Jamil Dan'bala Umar https://twitter.com/Danbala
Picture by Alexandra Seinet https://unsplash.com/@alexseinet
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: 5th July 2017