naviarhaiku300 – Four, five, nine years

Four five nine years

always the first to bloom

cherry tree

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Today we start our 300th Haiku challenge. It feels like an incredible milestone and, looking back at how this project has been filling my life with new friends and music for the last 5 years, I'm grateful to all of you for keeping it alive and inspiring. I hope this journey together has, and will, help you stay creative for a very long time.

For the occasion I chose this poem by Kobayashi Issa, an author I've learned to appreciate over time, especially for his optimism: his poems were often lively and humorous, despite his life was marked by sorrow.

 

Haiku by Kobayashi Issa

Picture by Irina Iriser

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: 9th October 2019

1 thought on “naviarhaiku300 – Four, five, nine years”

  1. Hi Marco, congratulations! And many, many thanks for the weekly inspiration and the opportunity to gather our creativity on this common project. I am proud to be part of this overarching art-creating movement! I look forward to many more opportunities to be challenged and to enjoy the many unique brand new creations of our gifted composers. I wish Naviarhaiku many new members and a wealth of enthusiastic listeners!
    Best wishes for the next one hundred weeks!
    Robert Knote

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