Carpe Diem Tan Renga Challenge #31,

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Another week has gone by and I have read wonderful continuations on our last Tan Renga Challenge ... so it's time for a new Tan Renga Challenge ...
By the way: first this ... I have asked several of you, my dear Haijin, if I may use their haiku for this Tan Renga Challenges, but ... and I am terribly sorry ... I have lost my list of whom I have asked and which haiku. Please if I have asked you if I may use your haiku? Please let me know.
Second: I am hopelessly behind with commenting, but I will catch up asap.

For this Tan Renga Challenge I have chosen a haiku written by myself. It's a 'revision' of a haiku by Kikaku which I published lately on my new weblog "Ancient Haiku-poets Revisited".
I challenge you all to write a second stanza to this haiku, traditionally that second stanza is 7-7 syllables, but that ... as you all know ... is not an obligation.

Credits: Rainbow

Here is the first stanza of our 31st Tan Renga Challenge:

in the backyard
the rainbow in the birdbath breaks -
a sipping Magpie 

(c)Chèvrefeuille

Well ... I like this haiku and I think that it's an inspiration to write a second stanza to it, because Tan Renga is written by two poets, I couldn't write a second stanza to make this Tan Renga complete, but ... I turned it into a Tanka and here it is:

in the backyard
the rainbow in the birdbath breaks -
a sipping Magpie
raindrops shimmer on green leaves
thousand sparkling colors

(c) Chèvrefeuille

This Tan Renga Challenge episode is NOW OPEN for your submissions and will remain open until April 25th 11.59 AM (CET). Have fun, be inspired and share your completed Tan Renga with us all.