naviarhaiku448 – On the field

On the field

where evening has died out - 

my footsteps

448

Given the success of our previous challenge, I decided to share another haiku by 20th-century poet Ozaki Hōsai.

Hōsai graduated from the Tokyo Imperial University, where he studied law. He got off to a good start but decided to give up his home, family, and business to jump from one militant religion of Japan to the other.

Just like Taneda Santoka, Hōsai abandoned the traditional verse form of his time and mostly looked at the austere confines of his life for inspiration.

 

Haiku by Ozaki Hōsai

Picture by Amir Kalhor

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: 10th August 2022

 

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