We got several more responses for our second call! We took a few and strung them together to add to the first round!
One thousand years of
Japanese poetry and
no time to learn it...
~(Hokku)
Foreign in my mouth
the forms are awkward to me
and resist my touch
yet I love them so, these songs
growing in my heart-soil.
(~ hennepinhaiku )
Removed by culture
Time and language yet we strive
To join together
With our poets of the past
No matter how far removed
(~ Sharon Dockweiler)
By the ocean ideas flow
poetry begats more poetry
Seagulls soar above
the poet includes their beauty
new lines of a poem soar skyward.
(~ Gene McParland)
Threads of emotions
Broken hearts left entangled
With words so controlled
Living free from expression
As flying birds wings are bound
( - Debbie Tosun Kilday)
rain forgives anger
when it falls with grace and hope
water heals the land
courage replants life renews
the earth and sun in balance
(~ Patricia Carragon)
A Japanese name
though Swahili origin
Britalian in race
a gift from God translated
or Buddha's great face resides?
(~ Ushiku Crisafulli)
I walk with my dog
Among trees with leaves held high
Or freed to their rest
Regardless, all are painted
Hues diverse as poets’ words
(~ Mike Croghan)
I don't write Renga
Never have I heard of it
There is no reason...
...I cannot understand it
Though I should know what to do
(~Kate Fox)
Let's keep this Renga going!
Write your tanka verse responses a poem of 5 lines (5-7-5-7-7 syllables) and send it in!
(Note: All responses must relate to either the original Hokku in some way, or relate to the verses in the ongoing poem. )
Please submit your responses to
[email protected]
please include your name and a 1-2 line bio in the 3rd person.
We'll keep adding corresponding verse and create a great poem together! If it gets big enough we might even make a book out of it!
Third round's deadline: 11/21/16
One thousand years of
Japanese poetry and
no time to learn it...
~(Hokku)
Foreign in my mouth
the forms are awkward to me
and resist my touch
yet I love them so, these songs
growing in my heart-soil.
(~ hennepinhaiku )
Removed by culture
Time and language yet we strive
To join together
With our poets of the past
No matter how far removed
(~ Sharon Dockweiler)
By the ocean ideas flow
poetry begats more poetry
Seagulls soar above
the poet includes their beauty
new lines of a poem soar skyward.
(~ Gene McParland)
Threads of emotions
Broken hearts left entangled
With words so controlled
Living free from expression
As flying birds wings are bound
( - Debbie Tosun Kilday)
rain forgives anger
when it falls with grace and hope
water heals the land
courage replants life renews
the earth and sun in balance
(~ Patricia Carragon)
A Japanese name
though Swahili origin
Britalian in race
a gift from God translated
or Buddha's great face resides?
(~ Ushiku Crisafulli)
I walk with my dog
Among trees with leaves held high
Or freed to their rest
Regardless, all are painted
Hues diverse as poets’ words
(~ Mike Croghan)
I don't write Renga
Never have I heard of it
There is no reason...
...I cannot understand it
Though I should know what to do
(~Kate Fox)
Let's keep this Renga going!
Write your tanka verse responses a poem of 5 lines (5-7-5-7-7 syllables) and send it in!
(Note: All responses must relate to either the original Hokku in some way, or relate to the verses in the ongoing poem. )
Please submit your responses to
[email protected]
please include your name and a 1-2 line bio in the 3rd person.
We'll keep adding corresponding verse and create a great poem together! If it gets big enough we might even make a book out of it!
Third round's deadline: 11/21/16
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