Mantra

percussion
the kiss of wood and metal
musical mantra

Kim M. Russell, 2016

My response to Carpe Diem #1095 Six Japanese Gardens by Kaija Saariaho

Today Chèvrefeuille has introduced us to Kaija Saariaho, a Finnish composer I have never heard of, and her ‘Six Japanese Gardens’. He has also shared one of his own haiku inspired by this composition, as well as a cascading tanka set re-written from a cascading haiku series:

gurgling valley stream
can’t resist your lovely song –
shadow of a Carp

© Chèvrefeuille

rustling leaves,
the sound of falling water –
profound silence
as I walk through my garden
saying my prayers

saying my prayers
while walking through the garden –
song of a nightingale
mingles with the sounds of the garden
in praise of Mother Earth

© Chèvrefeuille