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9 years of naviar haiku

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about

A compilation to celebrate the 9th anniversary of the Naviar Haiku challenge, which every week invites artists to make music in response to an assigned haiku poem.

73 artists, 115 tracks, over 9 hours of music selected from the submissions Naviar received in 2022.

Participation in the Naviar Haiku challenge is free and open to all: to participate visit www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

For credits and info about the authors, visit www.naviarrecords.com/blog

Naviar Records is a music community and record label exploring new ways to stay creative. Join our weekly challenges, or if you wish to support us and get all the music we publish, check out our subscription programme naviarrecords.bandcamp.com/subscribe.

The compilation is free to download. Please follow and support the artists involved:

33per soundcloud.com/33per
Adrian Lane soundcloud.com/calicoade
Audio Obscura soundcloud.com/audio-obscura-music
Belaqua Shua soundcloud.com/belaqua-shua
Benn DeMole soundcloud.com/benn-demole
Bing Satellites soundcloud.com/bing-satellites
Black Sun High Desert soundcloud.com/blacksunhighdesert
Blue Monk soundcloud.com/mnmwrite
Boson Spin soundcloud.com/boson_spin
C H I L D soundcloud.com/child00
Carlos R soundcloud.com/carlos-r
cha0sb0y soundcloud.com/cha0sb0y
Cryxuss soundcloud.com/cryxuss
Daniel Diaz soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz
Daniel Green soundcloud.com/iamdanielgreen
Dascott soundcloud.com/dascott
DesuExPerimental soundcloud.com/user-761630784
Douglas James's DarkWaterBlue soundcloud.com/user295849933
Duuster soundcloud.com/duuster-audio
Ed Mundio soundcloud.com/edmundio1
Effortless Archives soundcloud.com/soundofatem
El Wud soundcloud.com/el-wud-1
encym soundcloud.com/encym
espaces-sonores soundcloud.com/user-261496854
FlownBlue soundcloud.com/flownblue
Gaetano Fiorin soundcloud.com/gaetanofiorin
GLSmyth soundcloud.com/glsmyth
Go by Starlight soundcloud.com/user-214387412-49110312
Halcyon Hum soundcloud.com/stu-king-558031075
halF unusual soundcloud.com/half-unusual
HardWired soundcloud.com/hardwired2001
how the night came soundcloud.com/howthenightcame
Id_23 soundcloud.com/id_23
Ikjoyce soundcloud.com/ikjoyce
Ingvar Tautra soundcloud.com/agnosturaelwar
Jesús Lastra soundcloud.com/jalastram
jl segel soundcloud.com/jlsegel
John's e Unnecessary Haiku Enterprises soundcloud.com/johnjohn_era
JRBjork soundcloud.com/j-bjork
Kettles soundcloud.com/the_kettles
LazenbeeIndustries soundcloud.com/lazenbeeindustries
Leon Clowes soundcloud.com/leonclowes
Mahtowin soundcloud.com/user-62342567
Marco Lucchi soundcloud.com/musichevirtuali
Michael Grunditz soundcloud.com/michael-grunditz
mikey_a soundcloud.com/mikey_a
Morteza Jahangiri soundcloud.com/morteza-jahangiri-rad
mykal23 soundcloud.com/user-615747881
N O C T U R N E S T R A soundcloud.com/nocturnestra
Night Note soundcloud.com/mmastalka
noble-earths soundcloud.com/noble-earths
Oorlab soundcloud.com/oorlab
Orgonon Sound Machine soundcloud.com/orgonon-sound-machine
Ostacoli Sonori soundcloud.com/ostacolisonori
Paul Beaudoin soundcloud.com/paul-beaudoin
PolarWolf soundcloud.com/polarwolf
ray_cobley soundcloud.com/ray_cobley
Robert Rizzi soundcloud.com/rizzi
Roberto Vodanović Čopor soundcloud.com/robertovodanoviccopor
Ryan Scott Mattingly soundcloud.com/ryanscottmattingly
s e v e n i s m soundcloud.com/sevenism
Scott Lawlor scottlawlor.bandcamp.com
Seramind soundcloud.com/seramind
SON soundcloud.com/eugene_nx
Stull soundcloud.com/stull
Tara Trudel soundcloud.com/taratrudel
tetkik ve tedavi soundcloud.com/tetkik_ve_tedavi
TheOxfordAmbientCollective soundcloud.com/oxfordambient
Tuonela soundcloud.com/tuonela-1
undermulden soundcloud.com/undermulden
vheissu77 soundcloud.com/vheissu77
Wilfried Hanrath soundcloud.com/flyingtonefish
zenbytes soundcloud.com/zenbytes




poems:

haiku #417: on New Year’s Day / lucky! lucky! / a pale blue sky
haiku #418: A machine gun, / the low moon, / round and resounding.
haiku #419: this feeling of loneliness – / he plays with his building blocks / as the snow heaps up
haiku #420: adorned with raindrops / from the shower, a sparkling / princess Azealia
haiku #421: White and white / Heaven and bottom useless / –Winter cloudy
haiku #422: the edge of the world – / the road vanishes into / a curtain of mist
haiku #423: scattering ginkgo leaves / faint sound from the wind / far away
haiku #424: sunset in snow / is like a letter read / many times
haiku #425: Looking, not seeing – / Suddenly I realise / Spring buds unfolding.
haiku #426: the long night / made longer / – a dog barking
haiku #427: marbled dawn / seems opaque but moving fast / clears its path
haiku #428: end of rains / sunny deep blue sky- / winter is yet away
haiku #429: over the moon / under the sun– / as the crow flies
haiku #430: high tide / flapping in vertical waves / a lone fish
haiku #431: going in circles / a promising journey / without end
haiku #432: Spring blossoms fading / Magnolia petals fall / The world grows older
haiku #433: if a touch / could heal / spring rain
haiku #434: is that a cloud / or a standing screen? again / the moon is hiding her face
haiku #435: softly-spun / cherry blossom dream / fends off the dark
haiku #436: lightning thunder / and rain / all speaking at once
haiku #437: high noon– / the reed sparrow sings / to a silent river
haiku #438: heavy rain / the smell / of black earth
haiku #439: Tall trees gently wave / Sending secret messages / Into the Spring breeze
haiku #440: the sixth month – / with clouds laid on its summit / Mount-Arashi
haiku #441: Microbiota / constitute consciousness / we’re never alone
haiku #442: eruption of light / deconstructing the darkness / beauty for ashes
haiku #443: just before sunrise / the quiet mystery of dawn / silences the birds
haiku #444: In the late blossom / Of red sunlight / One last dance
haiku #445: in the confident / silence of daybreak / fading stars and me
haiku #446: wind and clouds / playing just a little – / winter solstice
haiku #447: Moonlit night / I return and begin to write / a long letter
haiku #448: On the field / where evening has died out / – my footsteps
haiku #449: for a moment / I hold my breath– / hummingbird wings
haiku #450: A mountain village / under the piled-up snow / the sound of water.
haiku #451: first light / losing the thread / of a dream
haiku #452: night walk / sudden shower- / the smell of rain
haiku #453: falling leaves / deep in the forest / I see a buddha
haiku #454: The thief left it behind: / the moon / at my window.
haiku #455: White peaks… / the snow covers / brown trees
haiku #456: The spring sea: / all day long / undulating, undulating.
haiku #457: the bracing east wind / cold as a nordic summer; / kicking up white sand
haiku #458: adjusting to rain / the slow purpling / of clouds
haiku #459: without a voice / the heron would disappear – / morning snow
haiku #460: Frozen dew gleams / Spiderwebs made stark / The cusp of winter
Haiku #461: the sound of rain / on a cold spring morn / the town is quiet
haiku #462: Icarus / the pelican hovers / mid flight
haiku #463: the fall / of memory / leaves
haiku #464: from the mist / a boat for cutting reeds in the morning / has begun to emerge
haiku #465: syntonic / the acquiescent bend / of a willow
haiku #466: Open road… / the distant clouds / stepping stones
haiku #467: beautiful chaos / the leaves’ quixotic dance / in autumn winds
haiku #468: winter moon / the tranquil waters / wait for dawn

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released February 7, 2023

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