a clear waterfall
into the ripples
fall green pine needles
I came across this poem by Issa at an exhibition about Japan in Treviso, where I’m currently living. Among the four great masters of Japanese haiku, Issa was the most prolific: during his lifetime he wrote over 20,000 haiku, hundreds of tanka, and several haibun
Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
Deadline: 17th July 2019
haiku by Kobayashi Issa https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kobayashi-issa
picture by Cole Keister https://unsplash.com/@coleito