Patient, unhurried rasps in vain, in vein.

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 16 Sep 2026 by Jim Lemanowicz at Mt Sinai South Nassau Hospital, Oceanside, NY.

Synths, effects

This original version of "My Patients Are Wearing Thin Mints" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 663, Patient By A Pond.

Patient by a pond,

a tall heron stands watching

- but perhaps in vain

by: Raymond Cobley

Raymond Cobley is an experimental composer and regular participant in our Haiku challenge. Now retired, Raymond aims to explore the possibilities afforded by open-source software, which he uses exclusively for creating and editing both sounds & images. All his works are published under a Creative Commons licence, and free for anybody to download or remix.

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Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, Amityville, NY, USA - 5 Sep 2026

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All moons are waiting for you to boil over and notice.

Recorded, mixed & mastered 22 Aug 2026 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Amityville.

Samples, synths, effects

Sample sources (Free To Use Sounds):

- Market Ambience Rio De Janeiro Brazil (catalog 9624) — lively market, shouting, movement, bird singing, Zoom H6; used as three separate variants/placements

- Forest Bélouve, La Réunion (catalog 19232) — bird chirping, calm wind, mist, calm river flow, flies

- La Réunion rainforest, footsteps layering (catalog 19232) — birds chirping, footsteps; used twice

- Željava Air Base ambience, Croatia — birds, flies, light wind, hot summer day

This original version of "Your Cabbages Is Boiling Over" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 659: Bright Enough. Submissions close 26 Aug 2026.

bright enough

to lose sight of it —

tonight's moon

by: Ichihara Tayo-Jo (Seika-an)

A widow from age 31, Ichihara Tayo-Jo managed her family and business independently for years. She discovered haiku through the poet Ishii Ukō and, in 1823, relocated to Edo, where she became a haiku master until her death.

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Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, 07 Aug 2016, Massapequa, NY, USA

Music & art © 2016, 2026 Jim Lemanowicz

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Empty my proud thoughts through the empty geometries of the vivarium.

Recorded, edited, mixed & mastered August 20–21, 2026 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Amityville, NY.

Samples, synths & effects

Process notes -

For this piece, I reached back to First National Dander (2025 - https://soundcloud.com/blisterpop/first-national-dander-disquiet0692) and its intended placement on an as-yet-unreleased album, and expanded that concept to include processed animal sample recordings.

Sample sources (Freesound + Alaska Fish & Game):

- Coqui.mp3 by Lilmesican — https://freesound.org/people/Lilmesican/sounds/667334/

- little parrot (Agapornis Roseicollis) by Tomlija — https://freesound.org/people/Tomlija/sounds/100783/

- howler_monkey_jungle_4 by itsmrjack — https://freesound.org/people/itsmrjack/sounds/123044/

- LMAO 4 bursts (human laugh) by Mafon2 — https://freesound.org/people/Mafon2/sounds/253598/

- Hyena Moan 2 by sounagix — https://freesound.org/people/sounagix/sounds/681389/

- Elephant Trumpet (human imitation) by designerschoice — https://freesound.org/people/designerschoice/sounds/803729/

- Elephant Trumpets Growls by D.jones — https://freesound.org/people/D.jones/sounds/527845/

- G12-40-Elephants Trumpeting (archival) by craigsmith — https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/437973/

- Walrus — Alaska Fish & Game — https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/home/library/multimedia/soundswild/walrus.mp3

Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, 07 Aug 2016, Massapequa, NY, USA

Music & art ©2016, 2026 Jim Lemanowicz

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This original version of "Empty Costume Geometry" was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0764: Zoo Review. The Assignment: Create a sonic menagerie.

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More on the 764th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Zoo Review — The Assignment: Create a sonic menagerie — at https://disquiet.com/0764

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Music to feast by.

Recorded, edited, mixed & mastered 7 Aug 2026 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Amityville.

Synths, effects, field recording

This original version of "All That You Have Is Your Lunch" was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0762: Lunch Break. The Assignment: Make background music to read to midday.

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Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, Sprague Ave, Amityville, NY, USA - 20 Jul 2026

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Dripping through a mountain tunnel, one star at a time.

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 5 Aug 2026 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Amityville, NY, incorporating a field recording captured 10 Oct 2018 near Penn Station on 34th Street, New York, NY.

Synths, effects, field recording

This original version of "You Have To Go Through These Weird Tunnels With Stuff Dripping Off It" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 657, In The Mountain Village.

In the mountain village,

melting snow drips

even from the stars.

by: Shugyō Takaha

Shugyō Takaha (1930–2024) was a Japanese haiku poet from Shinjō, in the Yamagata Prefecture. He began writing haiku in 1946 and later studied under Yamaguchi Seishi. In 1978, he founded the haiku journal Kari 狩 ("The Hunt") and went on to serve as president of the Haijin Kyōkai from 2002. Widely regarded as one of the leading figures of contemporary haiku, his collected works were published in Takaha Shugyō Haiku Shūsei in 2017.

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Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, Sprague Ave, Amityville, NY, USA - 20 Jul 2026

For more about the Naviar Haiku Challenge, see www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

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Scattering short wavelengths & cooling the Earth's surface.

Recorded 17 Jul 2026, mixed & mastered 18 Jul 2026 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Amityville, NY.

Samples, rocks, gong, effects.

This original version of "The Moon Is On Fire" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 654, coolness.

coolness

as a mass—

midnight moon

by: Yasuhara Teishitsu

Yasuhara Teishitsu was a Japanese haiku poet of the early Edo period. He was one of the most famous disciples of Matsunaga Teitoku, the founder of the Teimon school.

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Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, Albany Ave, Amityville, NY - 16 Jul 2026

Music & art © 2026 Jim Lemanowicz

For more about the Naviar Haiku Challenge, see www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge

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Something heavier in the air - lonely bits of quartzite, hematite, dolomite, and stray alloy.

Recorded 17 Jul 2026, mixed & mastered 18 Jul 2026 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Amityville, NY.

Samples, rocks, gong, effects.

This original version of "Glowing With All The Opening Bloom" was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0759: Rock Music. The Assignment: Make music with nothing but rocks.

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Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, Albany Ave, Amityville, NY - 16 Jul 2026

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Pianos walk downhill at their own pace.

Recorded, edited, mixed & mastered 09 Jul 2026 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Amityville and in the vicinity of 70th Street in NYC, USA.

Samples, effects

Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, Over the United States, between New York & Chicago - July 9, 2017

Music & art © 2017, 2026 Jim Lemanowicz

This original version of "Ambulatory Unconsciousness" was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0758: Background Noise. The Assignment: Play into the distraction.

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More on the 758th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Background Noise — The Assignment: Play into the distraction — at https://disquiet.com/2026/07/09/disquiet-junto-project-0758-background-noise/

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Looking at divided molecules is only half the equation.

Recorded, edited, mixed & mastered 01/03 Jul 2026 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Amityville.

Synth, effects

Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, Upper East Side, Manhattan, NYC, NY, USA - 04 Apr 2018

Music & art © 2018, 2026 Jim Lemanowicz

This original version of "Feel Like Warm Jelly" was submitted as part of Disquiet Junto Project 0757: Screen Time. The Assignment: Interpret this gauzy window treatment as an audio effect.

More on the Disquiet Junto at: disquiet.com/junto/

More on the 757th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Screen Time — The Assignment: Interpret this gauzy window treatment as an audio effect — at https://disquiet.com/2026/07/02/disquiet-junto-project-0757-screen-time/

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Sometimes the place I end up was where I wanted to go.

Recorded, mixed & mastered on 30 Jun & 2 Jul 2026 by Jim Lemanowicz at Blissville Electro-Magnetic Laboratories of Amityville, NY.

Synth, 7-string guitar, bass, effects

This original version of "How Long Can A Woodchuck Long?" was submitted as part of Naviar Haiku 652, Delicate Light.

Delicate light

upon the lake—

Buddha's Birthday.

by: Nanako Washitani

Nanako Washitani (1923–2018) was a Japanese haiku poet from Osaka. She joined Mizuhara Shūōshi's journal Ashibi in 1942, and from 1946 studied under Yamaguchi Sōdō. She later became a regular contributor to the journal Nanpū ("South Wind"), serving as its editor from 1984 to 2004.

Artwork/Photography - Jim Lemanowicz, microscope photo - 19 Jan 2015

For more about the Naviar Haiku Challenge, see `https://www.naviarrecords.com/haiku-music-challenge/`

Music & art © 2015, 2026 Jim Lemanowicz

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