Jenny Bienemann and Chris Neville, "If One Person Loves You"

Jenny Bienemann and Chris Neville wrote their song to this haiku:

If you love someone
and that person loves you back
you have everything



From the September 1, 2023 Haiku Milieu After Dark at FitzGerald’s in Berwyn, Illinois.


How it works is this: Jenny Bienemann invites artists to choose one of her Haiku Milieu haiku and images, and write a song inspired by it.

The audience has a bird’s eye view of the process from inspiration to completed song.

It is THRILLING to witness how one work of art gives rise to another, to contemplate how different works are forged of the same initial impulse, and to witness the power of creativity to connect us with the world and each other.

The backing band includes John Abbey, Steve Doyle, and Lance Helgeson