Music Haiku from Around the World
Submit here, up to 3 haiku per poet, in the theme of sound or music (submission deadline 1st of September 2025, upon acceptance, video submission by 1st of October 2025)
The year of 2025 is also 250 years since the death of famous Japanese haiku poet Kaga no Chiyo (加賀 千代, 1703-1775), also known as Chiyo-jo or Chiyo-ni (千代尼; lit. 'Chiyo the Nun') from the Edo period. The following woodcut by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (歌川 国芳, 1798-1861) illustrates Chiyo-ni's most famous haiku:
朝顔に
釣瓶取られて
貰い水
asagao ni
tsurube torarete
morai mizu
the morning glory
took the well-bucket away from me –
I go to the neighbour for water
(Source: Suiseki)
