Buoyantly we go
like the wind
tasting water
On Wednesday 8th January 2014, I posted a haiku by Andrea Cecon on my Tumblr page, accompanied by a picture, and invited musicians to make music in response to it.
To celebrate Naviar's sixth anniversary, I chose a poem by one of my favorite haiku writers.
Taneda Santoka was a Japanese poet and mendicant Zen priest who specialized in free verse haiku. Santoka was a disciple of Ogiwara Seisensui (1884-1976), the founder of the free-style haiku which discarded the traditional use of the 5-7-5 structure.
Haiku by Taneda Santōka
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: 15th January 2020