To the end of the field
all alone I go
autumn sky
One of my favorite authors, translated by Sōiku Shigematsu, a Japanese priest and free verse poet who also lectured and did research in the States. I came across Sōiku thanks to his essay “A Zen Harvest: Japanese Folk Zen Sayings: Haiku, Dodoitsu, and Waka“
Poem by Natsume Soseki
Translated by Soiku Shigematsu
Picture by Joshua Fuller
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: 6th June 2018
this is a jisei – a death poem