Night train
the briefly lit lives
of others
A friend of Naviar and regular contributor of haiku for its challenges, Mark Gilfillan has just published his latest haiku collection: A Portable Universe, printed by Alba Publishing.
Mark was one of the panelists at our latest Naviar Haiku Fest in London last October. He's a member of the British Haiku Society and has been writing haiku and senryu for around seven years, his first collection Ghost Moon received positive reviews from esteemed American haiku Journal Frog Pond and the British Haiku Society’s Blithe Spirit.
Haiku by Mark Gilfillan
Picture by Calum Patrick
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: 4th September 2019