Heavenly creatures
descending it seems
the sea of spring
Matsunaga Teitoku (1571-1654) was an early haikai poet and founder of the Teimon school of poetry, which aimed to make haikai accessible to a wide audience while striving to make it a respectable literary form. A task ultimately accomplished by Bashō.
Haiku by Matsunaga Teitoku
Picture by Nathan Dumlao
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: 17th February 2021
7 years’ haiku:
neverending stream of noise
I’m not amongst it
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nevermin, my comment on 7 years of naviar haiku compiltion :))