The sixth month - -
with clouds laid on its summit
Mount-Arashi
For our 440th haiku challenge, I chose a poem by the greatest haiku master, Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694).
In his late twenties, Basho moved to Edo (now Tokyo), where he joined the local active poetry community: he started writing under the name Basho after he received a basho tree from one of his students. Basho wrote in a particular form called Haibun, a fusion of haiku and prose: his most famous haibun collection is The Narrow Road to the Interior.
Haiku by Matsuo Basho (Tr. Ueda Makoto)
Picture by iccup
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 June 2022