Washing the ink-stone
the Indian ink flows away
blue blue
This week’s haiku is a poem by Hashimoto Takako, one of the most important voices in haiku poetry during the World War II years in Japan, together with Mitsuhashi Takajo and Ishibashi Hideno among others. She was also the author of our 246th challenge.
Haiku by Hashimoto Takako
Picture by Vanessa Ives
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: 10th October 2018