Indian summer
dragonfly shadows seldom
brush the window
Masaoka Shiki is mostly known for having revitalized haiku in the time when, after centuries of isolation, Japan opened to the West and was flooded with new ideas from abroad. You can find out more about Shiki and the artistic revolution that happened during his time in the essay “Masaoka Shiki and the Origins of Shasei“ by Charles Trumbull
Poem by Masaoka Shiki
Picture by Gabriele Diwald https://unsplash.com/@gabrielediwald
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: 20th June 2018