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       20 YEARS OF RENGA

  

 
   
  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


Nika 

NA
Nasira Alma

PC
Penny Crosby 

PGC 
Pamela Connor

PJS
P.J. Sharpe 

PS
Pat Shelley


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. Your submission should indicate a title; the theme or premise (if any); the format (3-line links, 2-line links, etc.); and the total number of links that will complete the renga (not over 12, please). When you start a renga, think of it as YOUR renga and keep working with the new links as they arrive. Too often a renga is started but not "cared for" later.

Lynx does not edit hokku or links in this section. However, links that clearly neglect the hokku poet's guidelines will not be published.

Once a renga is established, Lynx publishes all branches of that renga, as long as poets keep feeding them links.  Lynx drops any hokku or branch that no one feeds. The previous links are printed in one line just to save space.

Send your links to us by email with the words "participation renga" as subject line.
You may also send your links by regular post to: LYNX, POB 1250, Gualala, CA 95445, USA.

 

 


   

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1-line links – theme: blankness


Be blank my startled thigh (foam            John M. Bennett

a sea of faces           Jean A. Jorgensen

: ) ] : ( [ : o # 8 ( { : ) x            Carlos Colón

school skeleton dead tired             Francis P. Attard

erased blackboard             Joyce Sandeen Johnson

galaxy unspun cocoon () surge         Jane Reichhold

damply in the darkened tree           JMB

white on white dress           JSJ

a wall from which ivy was torn          Giselle Maya

pine ash beech oleander           FPA

waiting for her to blossom         GM

faintly a small star falls           Werner Reichhold

bottomless abyss          CC

 

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Be blank my startled thigh (foam           John M. Bennett

a sea of faces           Jean A. Jorgensen

: ) ] : ( [ : o # 8 ( { : ) x         Carlos Colón

school skeleton dead tired         Francis P. Attard

erased blackboard              Joyce Sandeen Johnson

vanishing chalk marks that add up to zero           CC

melted snowballs         JSJ

plowed unplanted field             cindy guentherman

( )          JSJ

the "name" list reversed         JMB

empty cookie jar             JSJ

dry arroyo        Jean A. Jorgensen

a vote or a dimple?        CC

 

BE BLANK

Be blank my startled thigh (foam        John M. Bennett

Hirshhorn canvas better blank (crap             Ken C. Leibman

form of perfect writhing        JMB

on my arm a hand made basket         Jane Reichhold

woven around space           doris h. thurston

the eggless nest <> just her size          JR

a body of water without reflections         Giselle Maya

the glass bell missing its clapper         Pamela G. Conner

no lead in his pencil         cindy guentherman

nudissimo         Robert Flannery

song without end       Jean A. Jorgensen

etch-a-sketch erased        CC

 

BE BLANK

Be blank my startled thigh (foam          John M. Bennett

Hirshhorn canvas better blank (crap      Ken C. Leibman

form of perfect writhing        JMB

on my arm a hand made basket     Jane Reichhold

woven around space        doris h. thurston

the eggless nest <> just her size         JR

a body of water without reflections    Giselle Maya

the glass bell missing its clapper        Pamela G. Conner

no lead in his pencil    cindy guentherman

nudissimo     Robert Flannery

song without end         Jean A. Jorgensen

this silence within silence         Elizabeth St Jacques

 

BE BLANK

Be blank my startled thigh (foam        John M. Bennett

Hirshhorn canvas better blank (crap          Ken C. Leibman

form of perfect writhing       JMB

on my arm a hand made basket         Jane Reichhold

woven around space      doris h. thurston

the eggless nest <> just her size          JR

a body of water without reflections     Giselle Maya

the glass bell missing its clapper         Pamela G. Conner

no lead in his pencil      cindy guentherman

nudissimo           Robert Flannery

song without end      Jean A. Jorgensen

humming a prayer without understanding    JR

 

BE BLANK

Be blank my startled thigh (foam    John M. Bennett

Hirshhorn canvas better blank (crap       Ken C. Leibman

form of perfect writhing       JMB

on my arm a hand made basket       Jane Reichhold

woven around space   doris h. thurston

the eggless nest <> just her size    JR

a body of water without reflections Giselle Maya

the glass bell missing its clapper     Pamela G. Conner

no lead in his pencil   cindy guentherman

neon light in the fog, "paper"  JMB

with the poems written on the universe    JR

but they don't rhyme !siren!        Carlos Colón

 

BE BLANK

Be blank my startled thigh (foam   John M. Bennett

Hirshhorn canvas better blank (crap  Ken C. Leibman

form of perfect writhing   JMB

on my arm a hand made basket   Jane Reichhold

woven around space    doris h. thurston

the eggless nest <> just her size    JR

a body of water without reflections  Giselle Maya

the glass bell missing its clapper   Pamela G. Conner

no lead in his pencil    cindy guentherman

neon light in the fog, "paper"  JMB

with the poems written on the universe  JR

drifting off into sweet nothingness  ESJ

 

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Be blank my startled thigh (foam     John M. Bennett

a sea of faces      Jean A. Jorgensen

: ) ] : ( [ : o # 8 ( { : ) x        Carlos Colón

school skeleton dead tired        Francis P. Attard

erased blackboard      Joyce Sandeen Johnson

galaxy unspun cocoon () surge        Jane Reichhold

damply in the darkened tree        JMB

white on white dress       JSJ

a wall from which ivy was torn      Giselle Maya

pine ash beech oleander       Francis P. Attard

waiting for her to blossom    GM

faintly a small star falls      Werner Reichhold

how brief the mirage      Elizabeth St Jacques

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