Watching the whiteness
of summer kimonos
Sumida River
One of the four great masters of Japanese haiku and by far the most prolific, Kobayashi Issa wrote over 20,000 haiku, hundreds of tanka, and several haibun.
Haiku by Kobayashi Issa (tr. David G. Lanoue)
Picture by Aaron Burden
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: 11th August 2021