Category Archives: Viola
Lost In Tranquil Seas
Lost In Tranquil Seas was inspired by the haiku by Gary Clarke Lost in tranquil seasWhere spring feels melancholyAnother sunset Gary Clarke joined a social media platform to raise awareness about an infrastructure issue in his local area by creating … Continue reading
Glorious Rays Bringing Growth
Glorious Rays Bringing Growth was inspired by the haiku by Jennifer Doty filling my shadowsglorious rays bringing growthheavenly ascent Jennifer Doty was born and raised in the beautiful wilds of the Ozarks in southern Missouri. Always attracted to the outdoors, … Continue reading
Winter Moon
winter moonthe tranquil waterswait for dawn Arvinder Kaur Arvinder Kaur is an author, translator and a poet. She specializes in English literature and Media Studies and has taught in Post Graduate Colleges of Chandigarh and Punjab. Later she retired as … Continue reading
White peaks…
White peaks…the snow coversbrown trees — Ishida Hakyō Ishida Hakyō (1913-1969) was a Japanese poet and student of Mantarō Kubota. He was the founder and editor of the haiku magazine Tsuru. White peaks … was written for Violin, Viola, Cello … Continue reading
Herald Square Station
From Five Subway Haiku by J.K. McCauleyarchive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.…r/j-k-mccauley/ The score is available at bit.ly/HeraldSquareStation
Marbled Dawn
marbled dawnseems opaque but moving fastclears its path – Aju Mukhopadhyay Aju Mukhopadhyay is a bilingual poet, author and critic who regularly contributes to International Journals and Websites on varied subjects. Besides many poetry and other awards, he has received … Continue reading
The Long Night
the long nightmade longer –a dog barking – Santōka A wandering poet and ascetic Zen priest, Santōka was a disciple of Ogiwara Seisensui, one of the first poets to discard the traditional use of the 5-7-5 structure in haiku. Santōka’s … Continue reading
The Whirling Way
The Whirling Dervish is a form of physically active meditation which originated among certain Sufi groups, and which is still practiced by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order and others. The Whirling Way is an interpretation where the music’s … Continue reading
Sunset In Snow
sunset in snowis like a letter readmany times – Ryuta Iida Ryuta Iida (1920 – 2007) was the son of the haiku poet Dakotsu Iida. Initially a rice farmer, Ryuta published his first haiku volume, “One hundred noodles”, in 1954. … Continue reading