Welcome to the twenty-second iteration of the Haiku Music Challenge, hosted by Naviar Records. I came across this poem by Takahama Kyoshi on the Masterpieces of Japanese Culture website. The clear day in the rainy season. The madder red of the twilight appeared And vanished … [Read more...]
Haiku Music Challenge 21
Welcome to the twenty-first iteration of the Haiku Music Challenge, hosted by Naviar Records. Natsume Soseki’s investigation of a rapidly westernizing Japanese society and its sense of alienation has kept him famous into the 21st century: to this day, he’s considered one of the greatest … [Read more...]
Haiku Music Challenge 20
Welcome to the twentieth iteration of the Haiku Music Challenge, hosted by Naviar Records. In his late twenties Matsuo 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 (banana) tree from one of … [Read more...]
Haiku Music Challenge 19
Welcome to the nineteenth iteration of the Haiku Music Challenge, hosted by Naviar Records. Aju Mukhopadhyay is a fiction writer, poet and critic who’s written 32 books and received several poetry awards in India and abroad. Aju writes about wildlife and nature, and so far has published seven … [Read more...]
Haiku Music Challenge 18
Welcome to the eighteenth iteration of the Haiku Music Challenge, hosted by Naviar Records. Jason Richardson is a Leeton-based musician and poet who’s collaborated with Naviar many times over the last few years: in 2014 his music was part of the sound installation we made for the State of … [Read more...]
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