Welcome to the seventeenth iteration of the Haiku Music Challenge, hosted by Naviar Records. Initially a prose writer, Masaoka Shiki dedicated most of his life to haiku and is usually credited with reviving this Japanese poetic form. He advocated realistic observation by “sketching” (shasei) … [Read more...]
Haiku Music Challenge 16
Welcome to the sixteenth iteration of the Haiku Music Challenge, hosted by Naviar Records. A poet who doesn’t need introduction, Kobayashi Issa (1763 – 1828) was one of Japan’s most prolific poets and is considered one of the four haiku masters in Japan, together with Bashō, Buson and Shiki. … [Read more...]
Haiku Music Challenge 15
Welcome to the fifteenth iteration of the Haiku Music Challenge, hosted by Naviar Records. I was very happy and honored to post another haiku by Alan Summers, author of the haiku we used for our 270th competition last month. Alan is an award-winning poet and President of the United Haiku and … [Read more...]
Haiku Music Challenge 14
Welcome to the fourteenth iteration of the Haiku Music Challenge, hosted by Naviar Records. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a British-Iranian citizen who was arrested three years ago “for allegedly plotting to topple the Iranian government.” She’s been held captive ever since. This year, her … [Read more...]
Haiku Music Challenge 13
Welcome to the thirteenth iteration of the Haiku Music Challenge, hosted by Naviar Records. This week we left contemporary writers aside to share a poem by one of the great haiku masters. Yosa Buson studied both Japanese and Chinese poetry and his haiku were often accompanied by his … [Read more...]