The piano man
is stingy at 3 a.m.
his songs drop like plum
I hope you’ll find this poem by Etheridge Knight as inspiring as the one posted last week.
On the back of his 1968 debut collection, Poems from Prison, Knight stated “I died in Korea from a shrapnel wound, and narcotics resurrected me. I died in 1960 from a prison sentence and poetry brought me back to life.”
For those interested in finding out more about Knight there’s Understanding Etheridge Knight, a book by Michael S. Collins
Haiku by Etheridge Knight
Picture by Robert Dickow
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: 14th November 2018