Daughter of Takahama Kyoshi, Tatsuko Hoshino was a haiku poet of the Shōwa period (1926-1989), columnist and haiku selector for the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. She is also placed as one of the “4 Ts” of Japanese female haiku poets, the other three being Mitsuhashi Takajo, Nakamura Teijo, and Hashimoto Takako.
Seven days to make music in response to the assigned poem: more info at https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
Deadline: 17th January 2018
Poem by Tatsuko Hoshino https://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/hoshino-tsubaki.html
Picture by Jonathan Knepper https://unsplash.com/@jknepp