I was silent all day
facing the sea
the tide came up
Undoubtedly one of my favorite haiku poets of the nineteenth century, Santoka spent 16 years of his life as a mendicant Zen priest, probably one of the last of his kind in Japan.
We spoke about Santoka and his poetry many times, and the most detailed article about him I’ve come across is by Simply Haiku: https://simplyhaiku.com/SHv3n3/features/stanford_forrester-santoka.html, which I strongly recommend to those interested in his life and poetry.
Haiku by Taneda Santōka
Picture by Ian Keefe
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: 24th October 2018
Very inspirational.
I am browsing through your bandcamp page, I’m in search of a track to be included in my new podcast (nostalgia-dreamy theme). Believe me I do search a lot (many labels etc.)
I visited this page because I followed the link in 4years release.
For the moment, I have no track to send you, but I will do in the future.
Respecting your guide, I will create a theme on this haiku!
mixcloud com /variant_t
Emerging
Thank you very much! Looking forward to listening to your music.
Marco