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           APA-Renga/Lynx  
       20 YEARS OF RENGA

  

 
   
  In these Participation Renga  you will find links from:

AB 
Alice Benedict

BJ
Bob Jessup

BLW
Bambi Lyn Walker

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

JC 
Jeanne Cassler

JJO
Judith J. Owens

JMB
John M. Bennett

JR 
Jane Reichhold

JS
John Sheirer 

JSJ
Joyce Sandeen Johnson

KCL 
Kenneth C. Leibman 

LCG 
Larry 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 

RA
Rose Ackerman

RF 
Robert Flannery

SCH 
Suzette Hains

SD
Simon Doubleday

SMc
Steve McComas  

 TB
Tom Bingham

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 However, links that clearly neglect the hokku poet's guidelines will not be published.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.

 

 


     

Welcome to twenty years of renga as done by the contributors to the magazine APA-Renga, now known a Lynx. Over these years, a larger or smaller part of the magazine was dedicated to what are known as "participation renga." Here is a compilation of all the final versions of each one. To your left are the names and initials of the participants. In a few cases persons contributing wished to be identified only by initials.

The renga are listed by the year in which they were finished, or in a few cases, discontinued. The name by the renga indicates the person who started it. Click on the year to get into the file.

If you are a little unsure of what you are getting into, you might want to read the Introduction first. 

1987

LOOKING IN THE MIRROR by Tundra Wind

GREAT CLOUD FOG FALLING by Bob Jessup

GALAXIES OF FUTURES UNBIDDEN by Tom Bingham

A SOLSTICE MOON (METAMORPH SIS) by Jane Reichhold

THOUSANDS OF MAYFLIES by Tundra Wind

I TOUCH YOU HERE by Tundra Wind

THE RED SKY FLASHES by Tundra Wind

GREAT GRANDMOTHER’S ROCKING CHAIR by Bob Jessup

THE OLD POND by Basho

ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK by HB

CRAACK by PW

DANDELION ANGER by Tundra Wind

STEELHEAD ON THE WINGS by Ken C. Leibman

VENUS RISING by Bob Jessup

NIGHT BLOOMING ARTIST by Bob Jessup

MONDAY MORNING MAIL by Terri Lee Grell

 

1988

 PORCELAIN GROCERY SACK by Bob Jessup

DAYS AFTER THE PARTY by TM

MOON OVER RIVER by Bob Jessup

WINDCHIMES MOVING by Bob Jessup

LONG SHADOW’S DUSK LIGHT by Tundra Wind

STICKS, LEAVES AND WATER by Bob Jessup

HALLOWEEN NIGHT by LS

THUNK by Celeste Fannin

ONLY EIGHTEEN by Celeste Fannin

PRANCING THROUGH MEADOWS by PW

SILENT WISDOM OF EGGS by Eric Folsom

 

1989

ALLNIGHT RAIN by Ken C. Leibman

LIGHTNING FLASHES by Terri Lee Grell

AT THE GATHERING by KR

 

1990

FLYING KITE by Bambi Lyn Walker

THE WORDS OF A RENGA by KR

RIVER WITHIN by Larry Giddings

 

1991

NANCY SMILES AND SAYS by Robert Flannery

EINSTEIN AND DALI by Ken C. Leibman

WHAT IS IS NOT by Bob Jessup

TUNDRA WIND by Eric Folsom

JUNK CARS by Terri Lee Grell

 

1992

LIKE A DARK BIRD by LS

 

1993

SPOTTED OWL by Terri Lee Grell

CHERRY NOW by Larry C. Gross

COBWEB’S LACE by Terri Lee Grell

 

1994

ICE by Bob Jessup

FILLING THE LAMP by Eric Folsom

 

1995

REDWOOD SHADOWS by  Tundra Wind aka Jim Wilson

1996

THE SPANISH ZEN MASTER by Simon Doubleday

NOWHERE TO SERVE by Robert Flannery

BLOWING IN MY EAR by Celeste Fannin

FLARE by John M. Bennett

EGGS IN ONE BASKET by Jean A. Jorgensen

1998

PANTY HOSE by Jane Reichhold

GETTING OLDER by Mary Wittry-Mason

LISTENING by Larry Gross

ON TARGET by Werner Reichhold

SWELLING IN THE SUN by Steve McComas

1999

WILDFLOWERS by Ken C. Leibman

2000

CLOSE SHAVE by Jane Reichhold

LANGUAGE ECOLOGY by Ronan

FOUR-LEAF CLOVERS by Elizabeth St Jacques

HEAR THE NIGHTINGALE SING by Jean A. Jorgensen

TEN YEARS AFTER by Carlos Colón

OPENEDOOR by Carlos Colón

 

2001

BE BLANK by John M. Bennett

 

2003

JUST DAUGHTERS by Giselle Maya

MOST BEAUTIFUL GAME by Robert Flannery

TIME by Joyce Sandeen Johnson

 

2005

AT THE BEACH by Robert Flannery

 

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