from evening mist
the bell
of life passing
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. If you want to find out more about this prolific author I suggest you check out this database of his haiku.
Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
Deadline: 20th May 2020
haiku by Kobayashi Issa https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kobayashi-issa
picture by Hebert Kostan https://unsplash.com/@hebertkostan