naviarhaiku260 – Winter sun

Winter sun

a titmouse drinks water

from an ivy leaf

naviarhaiku260-–-winter-sun-scaled

The last haiku of the year is a poem by Gergana Yaninska, selected once again by Iliyana Stoyanova to represent some of the most interesting contemporary Bulgarian haiku poets.

“Gergana Yaninska (b.1960) is a midwife from Plovdiv, Bulgaria. She has been writing haiku for several years and her work has appeared in A Hundred Gourds, Cattails, Bones, Frogpond, Modern Haiku, Ershik, Mainichi Daily News, Blithe Spirit, the World Haiku Association Haiga Contest (with selections and awards by Kuniharu Shimizu), and other haiku publications. Selected to the European Top 100 Most Creative Haiku Authors in 2014.”

 

Haiku by Gergana Yaninska

Picture by Mikael Kristenson

 

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: 2nd January 2019