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In these Participation Renga from Lynx
you will find links from:
AB BJ CC CF CG CSK dht DR DWP EF ESJ FA FP FPA GD GM GR JAJ JC JMB JR JS JSJ KCL LCG LE LJ MHH ML MM MWM Mary Wittry-Mason N NA PC PGC PJS PS R RF SCH SD SMc TLG TV TW WR YH ZP 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 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 However, links that clearly neglect the hokku poet's guidelines will not be published.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.
LYNX May 1, 2001
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PARTICIPATION RENGA
JUST DAUGHTERS In the graveyard / a carved stone angel / with my daughter's face GM coveting absent father only a ghost big sister ~*~ In the graveyard / a carved stone angel / with my daughter's face GM how can one I love blurted words in grade school ~*~ In the graveyard / a carved stone angel / with my daughter's face GM enlarging the family living on her own ~*~ In the graveyard / a carved stone angel / with my daughter's face GM sex education storm cellar, root cellar - ~*~ In the graveyard / a carved stone angel / with my daughter's face GM kicking ~*~ In the graveyard / a carved stone angel / with my daughter's face GM now that we're older
MOST BEAUTIFUL GAME What are the rules / for the most beautiful game, / and who can play? RF carbon paper fifteen percent or twenty? GD ~*~ What are the rules / for
the most beautiful game, / and who can play?
RF dream: butterfly
~*~ What are the rules / for the most beautiful game, / and who can play? RF Where do we come from / Why are we going? GM what's the joke about navel seamen? JR how many syllables ~*~ What are the rules / for the most beautiful game, / and who can play? RF Where do we come from / Why are we going? GM Do you see that very bright star? JAJ How about why does the map ~*~ What are the rules / for the most beautiful game, / and who can play? RF If not my link then whose? CC will the words ~*~ What are the rules / for the most beautiful game, / and who can play? RFWhat are you seeking / when you smile / at strangers? JSJ Your shoe or mine? CC What if I just say ~*~ What are the rules / for the most beautiful game, / and who can play? RFIf she sends him / one perfect rose / will he call or hide? cg Is it better / to burn? / or to marry? JR Is anything better than making more nuclear bombs? RF a poor woman
TIME birds winging south / no speed limit / only time JSJ I'm sure it was she Polaris oh to sit forever ~*~ birds winging south / no speed limit / only time JSJ the tension gone ~*~ birds winging south / no speed limit / only time JSJ early winter still appealing
GENTLY WIPING DUST gently wiping dust from grandmother's photograph october windsong TW warm fall days chill at sunset BJ last rush of color outdoing itself virginia creeper PC nights behind closed eyes images in red float by JR taps at sunrise opening daylilies on their graves PC flowers of our youth gone – everyone MM mind wasting memories disappear one by one JAJ haiku eagle gliding in a sea of chance LCG meteorite streaks across the night sky sudden cool breeze MWM morning sun on a bayou mist KCL first snow already melting dancing barefoot JAJ thinking of Tundra buying new shoes TLG breath suspended overhead ... the northern lights in slow dance JAJ father and son pause for a long moment RF breeze changing course weeds in the dark field bend again GR up ahead another hidden curve ESJ SOFT SHOULDERS warning he glances at his wife their fiftieth year GR finishing the school of hard knocks YH digital display counting down the failing heart GD she tries to add up all the good times YH was never very good at math MHH one more short story attempt into the waste basket GR sharp edges cutting through the trash bag shadows leaking out GD thickening juice from the black beans can JMB long time on shelf honey crystallizes sticky jar JSJ mustard seeds pop in hot oil GD it will be a cold day in July when I cook again YH even the firecrackers refuse to light – a rainy fourth! dht indoors all afternoon two boys play Civil War one gray; one blue RF refugee children / strangers to laughter PGC stray sniffing / stranded starfish – / gray sky's cold FPA mackerel clouds reach every horizon piling the sea JR broken thermometer poisonous mercury scatters everywhere JAJ driving through a school zone ~*~ gently wiping dust from grandmother's photograph october windsong TW warm fall days chill at sunset BJ last rush of color outdoing itself virginia creeper PC nights behind closed eyes images in red float by JR taps at sunrise opening daylilies on their graves PC flowers of our youth gone – everyone MM mind wasting memories disappear one by one JAJ haiku eagle gliding in a sea of chance LCG meteorite streaks across the night sky sudden cool breeze MWM morning sun on a bayou mist KCL first snow already melting dancing barefoot JAJ thinking of Tundra buying new shoes TLG breath suspended overhead ... the northern lights in slow dance JAJ father and son pause for a long moment RF breeze changing course weeds in the dark field bend again GR up ahead another hidden curve ESJ SOFT SHOULDERS warning he glances at his wife their fiftieth year GR finishing the school of hard knocks YH digital display counting down the failing heart GD she tries to add up all the good times YH was never very good at math MHH one more short story attempt into the waste basket GR sharp edges cutting through the trash bag shadows leaking out GD thickening juice from the black beans can JMB long time on shelf honey crystallizes sticky jar JSJ mustard seeds pop in hot oil GD it will be a cold day in July when I cook again YH even the firecrackers refuse to light – a rainy fourth! dht indoors all afternoon two boys play Civil War one gray; one blue RF refugee children / strangers to laughter PGC stray sniffing / stranded starfish – / gray sky's cold FPA returning for Easter / without painted eggs / from a far place GM the rabbit in the dark of the moon WR hairless after first rays of dawn moon-shadow cast on ~*~ gently wiping dust from grandmother's photograph october windsong TW warm fall days chill at sunset BJ last rush of color outdoing itself virginia creeper PC nights behind closed eyes images in red float by JR taps at sunrise opening daylilies on their graves PC flowers of our youth gone – everyone MM mind wasting memories disappear one by one JAJ haiku eagle gliding in a sea of chance LCG meteorite streaks across the night sky sudden cool breeze MWM morning sun on a bayou mist KCL first snow already melting dancing barefoot JAJ thinking of Tundra buying new shoes TLG breath suspended overhead ... the northern lights in slow dance JAJ father and son pause for a long moment RF breeze changing course weeds in the dark field bend again GRup ahead another hidden curve ESJ SOFT SHOULDERS warning he glances at his wife their fiftieth year GRfinishing the school of hard knocks YH digital display counting the failing heart GD she tries to add up all the good times YH battery low the calculator reads "ERROR" GD the new player late for the first game R dealing cards to an empty chair careless of how they land GDface-down $10,000 poorer CC richer for the experience bottoms up YH "How do you stop a wino from charging?" CC at the end of that rainbow no credit card cg back to the diner waiting tables JSJ old woman slips jelly packets into her purse cg mistaking a condom / for a condiment GD runs her tongue / over red lips, / snaps her purse shut cg Quiet out at sea the boat sinks JMB belly up as we like it both WR under revision again ~*~ gently wiping dust from grandmother's photograph october windsong TW warm fall days chill at sunset BJ last rush of color outdoing itself virginia creeper PC nights behind closed eyes images in red float by JR taps at sunrise opening daylilies on their graves PC flowers of our youth gone – everyone MM mind wasting memories disappear one by one JAJ haiku eagle gliding in a sea of chance LCG meteorite streaks across the night sky sudden cool breeze MWMmorning sun on a bayou mist KCL first snow already melting dancing barefoot JAJ thinking of Tundra buying new shoes TLG breath suspended overhead ... the northern lights in slow dance JAJ father and son pause for a long moment RF breeze changing course weeds in the dark field bend again GRup ahead another hidden curve ESJ SOFT SHOULDERS warning he glances at his wife their fiftieth year GRfinishing the school of hard knocks YH digital display counting down the failing heart GD she tries to add up all the good times YH was never very good at math MHH one more short story attempt into the waste basket GR sharp edges cutting through the trash bag shadows leaking out GDthickening juice from the black beans can JMB long time on shelf honey crystallizes sticky jar JSJ mustard seeds pop in hot oil GD it will be a cold day in July when I cook again YH even the firecrackers refuse to light – a rainy fourth! dhtindoors all afternoon two boys play Civil War one gray; one blue RFturned up by the plow / a musket's firing plate GD breaking / in the dustpan / last wedding cup cg after three years divorce papers JSJ Solomon sharpening his sword CC she leaves in the nick of time ESJ The Judgment: the smooth edge behind the tool shed ~*~ ~*~ gently
wiping dust from grandmother's
photograph
october windsong TW warm
fall days chill at sunset
BJ last
rush of color outdoing itself
virginia creeper PC nights
behind closed eyes images in red float by JR taps
at sunrise opening daylilies on
their graves PC flowers
of our youth gone – everyone
MM mind
wasting memories disappear one by one
JAJ haiku
eagle gliding in a sea of chance
LCG meteorite
streaks across the night sky
sudden cool breeze MWM morning
sun on a bayou mist
KCL first
snow already melting
dancing barefoot JAJ thinking
of Tundra buying new shoes
TLG breath
suspended overhead ... the
northern lights in
slow dance JAJ father
and son pause
for a long moment RF breeze
changing course weeds in the dark field
bend again GR up
ahead another hidden curve ESJ SOFT
SHOULDERS warning he glances at his wife
their fiftieth year GR finishing
the school of hard knocks
YH digital
display counting
the failing heart GD she tries to add up
all the good times YH battery low
the calculator reads "ERROR"
GD the new player
late for the first game
R dealing cards
to an empty chair careless
of how they land
GD face-down
$10,000 poorer
CC richer for the experience
bottoms up
YH "How do you stop
a wino from charging?" CC at the end
of that rainbow no credit card
cg back to the diner
waiting tables
JSJ old woman
slips jelly packets into
her purse cg mistaking a condom / for a
condiment
GD runs her tongue / over red
lips, / snaps her purse shut
cg Quiet out at sea
the boat sinks
JMB Swirl
of your soul into the siren's whirlpool CC hot
songs melt the wax ~*~ gently wiping dust from grandmother's photograph october windsong TW warm fall days chill at sunset BJ last rush of color outdoing itself virginia creeper PC nights behind closed eyes images in red float by JR taps at sunrise opening daylilies on their graves PC flowers of our youth gone – everyone MM mind wasting memories disappear one by one JAJ haiku eagle gliding in a sea of chance LCG meteorite streaks across the night sky sudden cool breeze MWM morning sun on a bayou mist KCL first snow already melting dancing barefoot JAJ thinking of Tundra buying new shoes TLG breath suspended overhead ... the northern lights in slow dance JAJ father and son pause for a long moment RF breeze changing course weeds in the dark field bend again GRup ahead another hidden curve ESJ SOFT SHOULDERS warning he glances at his wife their fiftieth year GRfinishing the school of hard knocks YH digital display counting down the failing heart GD she tries to add up all the good times YH was never very good at math MHH one more short story attempt into the waste basket GRsharp edges cutting through the trash bag shadows leaking out GDthickening juice from the black beans can JMB long time on shelf honey crystallizes sticky jar JSJ mustard seeds pop in hot oil GD it will be a cold day in July when I cook again YH even the firecrackers refuse to light – a rainy fourth! dhtindoors all afternoon two boys play Civil War one gray; one blue RF refugee children / strangers to laughter PGC stray sniffing / stranded starfish – / gray sky's cold FPA mackerel clouds reach every horizon piling the sea JR dancing a pas de deux for one more night WR flat on her bum
(A brand new renga – get in now to make it work your way!) AT THE BEACHRule: 3 – 2 lines alternating Ends with 12 links fulfilling a last request * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * This Renga ENDS THIS TIME – DO NOT ADD ON! But enjoy! a sea of faces JAJ : ) ] : ( [ : o # 8 ( { : ) x CC school skeleton dead tired FPA erased blackboard JSJ galaxy unspun cocoon () surge JR damply in the darkened tree JMB white on white dress JSJ a wall from which ivy was torn GM pine ash beech oleander FPA waiting for her to blossom GM faintly a small star falls WR bottomless abyss CC ~*~ Be blank my startled thigh (foam JMB a sea of faces JAJ : ) ] : ( [ : o # 8 ( { : ) x CC school skeleton dead tired FPA erased blackboard JSJ vanishing chalk marks that add up to zero CC melted snowballs JSJ plowed unplanted field cg ( ) JSJ the "name" list reversed JMB empty cookie jar JSJ dry arroyo JAJ a vote or a dimple? CC ~*~ Be blank my startled thigh (foam JMB Hirshhorn canvas better blank (crap KCL form of perfect writhing JMB on my arm a hand made basket JR woven around space dht the eggless nest <> just her size JR a body of water without reflections GM the glass bell missing its clapper PGC no lead in his pencil cg nudissimo RF song without end JAJ etch-a-sketch erased CC this silence within silence ESJ humming a prayer without understanding JR ~*~ Be blank my startled thigh (foam JMB Hirshhorn canvas better blank (crap KCL form of perfect writhing JMB on my arm a hand made basket JR woven around space dht the eggless nest <> just her size JR a body of water without reflections GMthe glass bell missing its clapper PGC no lead in his pencil cg neon light in the fog, "paper" JMB with the poems written on the universe JR but they don't rhyme !siren! CC drifting off into sweet nothingness ESJ ~*~ Be blank my startled thigh (foam JMB a sea of faces JAJ : ) ] : ( [ : o # 8 ( { : ) x CC school skeleton dead tired FPA erased blackboard JSJ galaxy unspun cocoon () surge JR damply in the darkened tree JMB white on white dress JSJ a wall from which ivy was torn GM pine ash beech oleander FPA waiting for her to blossom GM faintly a small star falls WR how brief the mirage ESJ
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