For medium voice, soprano recorder or flute, viola da gamba or violoncello, and spinet or piano.
English words.
Text consists of English translations of Japanese haiku.
Written in 1963.
Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
Duration: ca. 14:00.
1. Springtime sea — 2. The Skylark — 3. The visitor — 4. Night lightning — 5. The portent — 6. September voices — 7. Autumn nightfall — 8. The scarecrow — 9. Lament — 10. Winter night — 11. Loneliness — 12. The river.