Recorded, mixed & mastered on 16 Nov 2025 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Massapequa.

Synth, effects.

This original version of "If We Met Under Different Chirographs” was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 619: Almost Black.

almost black

deepening purple

ripe grapes

by: Masaoka Shiki

Regarded as the father of contemporary haiku, Masaoka Shiki was a poet and literary critic during the Meiji period Japan.

He advocated realistic observation by “sketching” (shasei) poems and going out into nature with notebooks, thus abandoning the traditional subjects of haiku of the time. His advice for an aspiring poet was, “Use both imaginary pictures and real ones, but prefer the real ones.”

Photography/Art - Jim Lemanowicz, painting 2017, photography 2021, Massapequa, NY, USA

Music & art © 2017, 2021, 2025 Jim Lemanowicz

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