Moonlight enters
only through the window
paper mosquito net
This poem by Kobayashi Issa is the haiku of the week. A paper mosquito net is a paper enclosure with just a small window made of a thin see-through cloth, the only part of the net from which Issa can see the moonlight.
Poem by Kobayashi Issa
Picture by Patrick Hendry
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: 21st March 2018