Cloudy sky
the crow caws out
a sunbeam
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We continue exploring Bulgarian haiku poetry with a poem by the late Maya Lyubenova, one of the most well-known Bulgarian haijin worldwide.
Maya Lyubenova was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. She graduated from the English Language School in Plovdiv and later studied English Philology at Veliko Tarnovo University. She wrote poetry in both Bulgarian and English and published free verse, visual poems, haiku, and haiga in various journals, e-zines, and anthologies.
Although Maya left us with a rich collection of publications, photographs andhaiga, her biggest legacy would have to be her mentoring and her participation in the translation of Jane Reichhold’s ‘Bare Bones School of Haiku’ into Bulgarian in 2012. This impressive amount of work proved to be an invaluable source of information for many Bulgarian poets - both beginners and more advanced on their haiku journey.
Haiku by Maya Lyubenova
Picture by Joonas Sild
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: 26th December 2018