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	In these Participation Renga you will find links from: AB Alice Benedict BJ Bob Jessup CC Carlos Colón CF Vikki Celeste Fannin CG Cindy Guntherman CSK Carol Stroh Kemp dht Doris H. Thurston DPK Deborah P. Kolidji DR David Rice DWP Darrel W. Parry EF Eric Folsom ESJ Elizabeth St Jacques FA Fay Aoyagi FP Francine Porad FPA Francis (Paul) Attard GD Gene Doty GM Giselle Maya GR George Ralph GV Geert Verbeke JAJ Jean Jorgensen JJO Joyce J. Owens JC Jeanne Cassler JMB John M. Bennett JR Jane Reichhold JS John Sheirer JSJ Joyce Sandeen Johnson KCL Ken C. Leibman LCG Larry C. Gross LE Lesley Einer LJ Lael Johnson MHH Madeline Hoffer ML Minna Lerman MM Marianne Marks MWM Mary Wittry-Mason N Nika NA Nasira Alma PC Penny Crosby PGC Pamela Connor PJS P.J. Sharpe PS Pat Shelley R Ronan RF Robert Flannery SCH Suzette Hains SD Simon Doubleday SMc Steve McComas TLG Terri Lee Grell TV Teresa Volz TW Tundra Wind WEG Elliot Greig WR Werner Reichhold YH Yvonne Hardenbrook ZP Zane Parks LYNX PARTICIPATION RENGA HOW TO DO IT To join in participation renga, read the whole poem, especially the last line or lines in italic. Read the "rules" as stated under the title. Pick the link in BOLD *italic* you find best, worthy, interesting and write your responding link. Check the hokku poet's rules once more to make sure yours fits. Send the title of the renga, the link and author to which your link with your initials responds. Subscribers may send in up to 10 links total. You cannot respond to your own links. To start a participation renga, submit a hokku; (the first link (stanza) of a renga). The hokku usually contains the title of the renga. 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ALLNIGHT RAIN Same as the elemental renga but with the following themes for alternating 3- and 2-line links. 1. spring - rain 2. spring - birds 3. spring - flowers 4. summer - heat 5. summer - insects 6. summer - night 7. autumn - color 8. autumn - temperature 9. autumn - day-length 10. winter - cold 11. winter - dark 12. winter - shelter Started: May, 1987 Finished: May, 1989 allnight rain – a thousand weeds sprout among bean seedlings Ken C. Leibman underwear on the clothesline between the sparrows chirping Tundra Wind passion flowers the sagging fence brightens Jane Reichhold bodies shining KCL the dragonfly nymph her cast-off skin Eric Folsom skinny dipping after graduation JR a red maple leaf sticking to your goose pimples KCL Early morning crunch mailbox frozen shut PW the sun low driving home from work sunglasses and overcoat EF icy finger of fog reaching for warm pockets Penny Crosby snuggled amid hay bales shivering sunbeams Marianne Marks a flooded fieldmouse new nest in the barn PC ALLNIGHT RAIN allnight rain – a thousand weeds sprout among bean seedlings Ken C. Leibman underwear on the clothesline between the sparrows chirping Tundra Wind passion flowers the sagging fence brightens Jane Reichhold bodies shining KCL the dragonfly nymph her cast-off skin Eric Folsom skinny dipping after graduation JR a red maple leaf sticking to your goose pimples KCL Early morning crunch mailbox frozen shut PW short days the length of your letter just as cold JR curving off the northwind two raven circle once Penny Crosby early shadows arranging christmas lights winter solstice TW in the lee of a redwood sunlight finds the first wild iris PC ALLNIGHT RAIN allnight rain – a thousand weeds sprout among bean seedlings Ken C. Leibman underwear on the clothesline between the sparrows chirping Tundra Wind passion flowers the sagging fence brightens Jane Reichhold bodies shining KCL the dragonfly nymph her cast-off skin Eric Folsom skinny dipping after graduation JR a red maple leaf sticking to your goose pimples KCL Early morning crunch mailbox frozen shut PW short days the length of your letter just as cold JR curving off the northwind two raven circle once Penny Crosby early shadows arranging christmas lights winter solstice TW snow falling warm teepee calls Larry Giddings ALLNIGHT RAIN allnight rain – a thousand weeds sprout among bean seedlings Ken C. Leibman underwear on the clothesline between the sparrows chirping Tundra Wind passion flowers the sagging fence brightens Jane Reichhold bodies shining KCL the dragonfly nymph her cast-off skin Eric Folsom skinny dipping after graduation JR a red maple leaf sticking to your goose pimples KCL Early morning crunch mailbox frozen shut PW short days the length of your letter just as cold JR curving off the northwind two raven circle once Penny Crosby foreshortened day drown in black rain Bambi Lyn Walker sake drips from last year’s rice stocks Marianne Marks ALLNIGHT RAIN allnight rain – a thousand weeds sprout among bean seedlings Ken C. Leibman underwear on the clothesline between the sparrows chirping Tundra Wind passion flowers the sagging fence brightens Jane Reichhold bodies shining KCL the dragonfly nymph her cast-off skin Eric Folsom skinny dipping after graduation JR a red maple leaf sticking to your goose pimples KCL Early morning crunch mailbox frozen shut PW short days the length of your letter just as cold JR the snow squeaks underfoot Eric Folson expanding blackness between trees ice in beard Larry Giddings crunching down the path coming home KCL ALLNIGHT RAIN allnight rain – a thousand weeds sprout among bean seedlings Ken C. Leibman underwear on the clothesline between the sparrows chirping Tundra Wind passion flowers the sagging fence brightens Jane Reichhold bodies shining KCL the dragonfly nymph her cast-off skin Eric Folsom skinny dipping after graduation JR a red maple leaf sticking to your goose pimples KCL Early morning crunch mailbox frozen shut PW short days the length of your letter just as cold J R listening to the wind and dark midnight winter walk TW dark of the moon – the black sky salted with icy stars KCL the astronomer bending his mind through timespace veers toward awe Rose Ackerman ALLNIGHT RAIN allnight rain – a thousand weeds sprout among bean seedlings Ken C. Leibman underwear on the clothesline between the sparrows chirping Tundra Wind passion flowers the sagging fence brightens Jane Reichhold bodies shining KCL the dragonfly nymph her cast-off skin Eric Folsom skinny dipping after graduation JR a red maple leaf sticking to your goose pimples KCL Early morning crunch mailbox frozen shut PW short days the length of your letter just as cold JR listening to the wind and dark midnight winter walk TW dark of the moon – the black sky salted with icy stars KCL January heat wave the barn is sleeping Larry Giddings ALLNIGHT RAIN allnight rain – a thousand weeds sprout among bean seedlings Ken C. Leibman underwear on the clothesline between the sparrows chirping Tundra Wind passion flowers the sagging fence brightens Jane Reichhold bodies shining KCL the dragonfly nymph her cast-off skin Eric Folsom skinny dipping after graduation JR a red maple leaf sticking to your goose pimples KCL Early morning crunch mailbox frozen shut PW short days the length of your letter just as cold JR listening to the wind and dark midnight winter walk TW dark of the moon – the black sky salted with icy stars KCL wind-hollowed snow cradles lamplight Marianne Marks ALLNIGHT RAIN allnight rain – a thousand weeds sprout among bean seedlings Ken C. Leibman underwear on the clothesline between the sparrows chirping Tundra Wind passion flowers the sagging fence brightens Jane Reichhold bodies shining KCL the dragonfly nymph her cast-off skin Eric Folsom skinny dipping after graduation JR a red maple leaf sticking to your goose pimples KCL Early morning crunch mailbox frozen shut PW short days the length of your letter just as cold JR listening to the wind and dark midnight winter walk TW dark of the moon – the black sky salted with icy stars KCL remote mountain cabin hungry skiers’ soup unseasoned JR ALLNIGHT RAIN allnight rain – a thousand weeds sprout among bean seedlings Ken C. Leibman underwear on the clothesline between the sparrows chirping Tundra Wind passion flowers the sagging fence brightens Jane Reichhold bodies shining KCL the dragonfly nymph her cast-off skin Eric Folsom skinny dipping after graduation JR a red maple leaf sticking to your goose pimples KCL Early morning crunch mailbox frozen shut PW shadows growing longer than days Bambi Lyn Walker each year ends quicker prizing lap robe and shawl Penny Crosby huddling by the fire watching the last light so soon after dawn KCL gazing in frost-rimmed window a hummingbird stands on air PC ALLNIGHT RAIN allnight rain – a thousand weeds sprout among bean seedlings Ken C. Leibman underwear on the clothesline between the sparrows chirping Tundra Wind passion flowers the sagging fence brightens Jane Reichhold bodies shining KCL the dragonfly nymph her cast-off skin Eric Folsom skinny dipping after graduation JR a red maple leaf sticking to your goose pimples KCL Early morning crunch mailbox frozen shut PW shadows growing longer than days Bambi Lyn Walker each year ends quicker prizing lap robe and shawl Penny Crosby huddling by the fire watching the last light so soon after dawn KCL barren vines fog-drown cold disk rising Marianne Marks ALLNIGHT RAIN allnight rain – a thousand weeds sprout among bean seedlings Ken C. Leibman underwear on the clothesline between the sparrows chirping Tundra Wind passion flowers the sagging fence brightens Jane Reichhold bodies shining KCL the dragonfly nymph her cast-off skin Eric Folsom skinny dipping after graduation JR a red maple leaf sticking to your goose pimples KCL October’s chill frozen by her "no" JR afternoon darkness sparks from the hearth vanishing and could have beens Tundra Wind frozen galoshes lined up in the mudroom Terri Lee Grell powerless in storm . . . time . . . by candlelight Penny Crosby lovers’ lair of driftwood shaking in the cold JR LIGHTNING FLASHES A scientist and a prophet discover opposite sides of a huge flawless diamond. They cannot see each other, yet they detect movement and images reflected in the diamond’s facets. What "truths" will each discover from this experience? Started July, 1987 Finished: Winter, 1989 lightning flashes child covers her ears counting mississippis Terri Lee Grell falling from heaven Satan borrows a human mouth writes his name Jane Reichhold in sign language the chimp’s first word: "more" TLG once again I find myself praying for what I don’t need Ken C. Leibman geiger counter clicks the star of the east aglow in the dark JR Hmmmmm. . . the universal note Celeste Fannin whale songs composed by Bach for synthesizer JR microscopic cells in the body wonder if there’s life after death Eric Folsom surgeon sighns suddenly the heartbeat returns TLG safe again astral traveling with Medicare JR Einstein proved there’s nothing new in the universe TLG black holes old thoughts returned Larry Giddings Mom calls Jehovah Witnesses at the door JR LIGHTNING FLASHES lightning flashes child covers her ears counting mississippis Terri Lee Grell falling from heaven Satan borrows a human mouth writes his name Jane Reichhold in sign language the chimp’s first word: "more" TLG once again I find myself praying for what I don’t need Ken C. Leibman geiger counter clicks the star of the east aglow in the dark JR Hmmmmm. . . the universal note Celeste Fannin whale songs composed by Bach for synthesizer JR microscopic cells in the body wonder if there’s life after death Eric Folsom surgeon sighs suddenly the heartbeat returns TLG safe again astral traveling with Medicare JR Einstein proved there’s nothing new in the universe TLG black holes old thoughts returned Larry Giddings milky way and DNA galaxies . . . with pathways Penny Crosby LIGHTNING FLASHES lightning flashes child covers her ears counting mississippis Terri Lee Grell falling from heaven Satan borrows a human mouth writes his name Jane Reichhold in sign language the chimp’s first word: "more" TLG once again I find myself praying for what I don’t need Ken C. Leibman geiger counter clicks the star of the east aglow in the dark JR Hmmmmm. . . the universal note Celeste Fannin whale songs composed by Bach for synthesizer JR microscopic cells in the body wonder if there’s life after death Eric Folsom surgeon sighs suddenly the heartbeat returns TLG safe again astral traveling with Medicare JR Einstein proved there’s nothing new in the universe TLG black holes old thoughts returned Larry Giddings time and place best kept secret Celeste Fannin LIGHTNING FLASHES lightning flashes child covers her ears counting mississippis Terri Lee Grell falling from heaven Satan borrows a human mouth writes his name Jane Reichhold in sign language the chimp’s first word: "more" TLG once again I find myself praying for what I don’t need Ken C. Leibman geiger counter clicks the star of the east aglow in the dark JR Hmmmmm. . . the universal note Celeste Fannin whale songs composed by Bach for synthesizer JR microscopic cells in the body wonder if there’s life after death Eric Folsom surgeon sighns suddenly the heartbeat returns TLG safe again astral traveling with Medicare JR Einstein proved there’s nothing new in the universe TLG was in the beginning is now and always shall be KCL LIGHTNING FLASHES lightning flashes child covers her ears counting mississippis Terri Lee Grell falling from heaven Satan borrows a human mouth writes his name Jane Reichhold in sign language the chimp’s first word: "more" TLG once again I find myself praying for what I don’t need Ken C. Leibman geiger counter clicks the star of the east aglow in the dark JR Hmmmmm. . . the universal note Celeste Fannin whale songs composed by Bach for synthesizer JR microscopic cells in the body wonder if there’s life after death Eric Folsom surgeon sighs suddenly the heartbeat returns TLG safe again astral traveling with Medicare JR Einstein proved there’s nothing new in the universe TLG was in the beginning is now and always shall be KCL part of the river waterfalls randomly Bambi Lyn Walker LIGHTNING FLASHES lightning flashes child covers her ears counting mississippis Terri Lee Grell falling from heaven Satan borrows a human mouth writes his name Jane Reichhold in sign language the chimp’s first word: "more" TLG once again I find myself praying for what I don’t need Ken C. Leibman geiger counter clicks the star of the east aglow in the dark JR Hmmmmm. . . the universal note Celeste Fannin whale songs composed by Bach for synthesizer JR microscopic cells in the body wonder if there’s life after death Eric Folsom surgeon sighs suddenly the heartbeat returns TLG safe again astral traveling with Medicare JR Einstein proved there’s nothing new in the universe TLG was in the beginning is now and always shall be KCL blurting out the answer how many angels can dance on the head of a pin CF LIGHTNING FLASHES lightning flashes child covers her ears counting mississippis Terri Lee Grell falling from heaven Satan borrows a human mouth writes his name Jane Reichhold in sign language the chimp’s first word: "more" TLG once again I find myself praying for what I don’t need Ken C. Leibman guilt-free the mantis preys on next of kin TLG wearing white the bishop orders a witch to burn JR stars on his collar ordering Napalm for the next morning KCL last rites an army chaplain recites for a Buddhist child JR the refrigerator all night long aum aum aum Celeste Fannin aware the forces ARE! everywhere JR random access memory bits and bites binary code multiply Larry Giddings critical mass thought lights a new soul Marianne Marks monkeying around genetic engineers recreate old links Bambi Lyn Walker LIGHTNING FLASHES lightning flashes child covers her ears counting mississippis Terri Lee Grell falling from heaven Satan borrows a human mouth writes his name Jane Reichhold in sign language the chimp’s first word: "more" TLG once again I find myself praying for what I don’t need Ken C. Leibman guilt-free the mantis preys on next of kin TLG wearing white the bishop orders a witch to burn JR stars on his collar ordering Napalm for the next morning KCL stars lighting her halo the plaster virgin cures mental illness Bob Jessup computer typeset magazine articles "In Search of Jesus" Eric Folsom cruciform there bound naked on black Friday noon Burgundy grapes Marianne Marks silicon seal protects plastic fruit from teeth marks TLG through the ghetto one old lame woman walks washed in the blood MM in the butcher shop lamb chops at prices she can’t afford JR AT THE GATHERING Started: October, 1988 Discontinued: Winter, 1989 At the gathering Poets spoke their hearts But not from my heart KR once found a rare stone on this beach I sit sifting wave follows wave Penny Crosby long and warm those evening rays skirting shadows of doubt Celeste Fannin sudden of white water unrehearsed PC waterfall connecting cloud and cloud Ken C. Leibman AT THE GATHERING At the gathering Poets spoke their hearts But not from my heart KR once found a rare stone on this beach I sit sifting wave follows wave Penny Crosby long and warm those evening rays skirting shadows of doubt Celeste Fannin sudden of white water unrehearsed PC carolers laughter shuffled into the night CF



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