Carpe Diem Renga Party #2 white dusted meadow (startdate: January 22nd 2016)

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

What a joy to bring the start of our new Renga Party "white dusted meadow". It's the second time we are doing this and I hope you all will like it. Let me first tell you the goal of this Renga Party. Making a Renga together is just for fun and it learns you how you can improve your haiku writing skills through association.

Every link, in this Yoyoshi 44, has it's own season or theme which are already given in the list. In the list you can see BOLD printed abbreviations, which are explained above the list, which correspond with the season or theme you have to use.

The link before you you have to use to associate on to write your own link. I have a little time rule: you have to respond within 24 hours to write your link. Your created link you write down in the comments field including an invitation to the one after you e.g. it's your turn Hank.

Our first Renga was a so called "kasen-renga" and had 36 links, so it was slightly shorter than the "yoyoshi". For this "yoyoshi" I have asked Georgia (a.k.a. Bastet), our featured haiku poetess of last December, to write the starting verse or "hokku".

Here is the "hokku" of this "yoyoshi":

white dusted meadow
remembering spring’s glory
tufts of pampas grass

© Georgia (a.k.a. Bastet)

The title of this Yoyoshi is the first line of the hokku.

Here is our list for this Renga Party:
white dusted meadow

[SP=spring; SU=summer; A=autumn; W=winter; N=non-seasonal or free as in without theme]

A few basis rules to remember. Avoid repeating a noun or verb in the work. Switch subject matter so there are not too many verses on food or water, etc. Link ONLY to the verse above and not to any other. Use the words "insects" and "dreams" only once in a poem.

1. [3] SP Georgia -- hokku

2. [2] SP Kim Russell

3. [3] SP Nimi Arora

4. [2] N Jazzytower
5. [3] MOON/A Candy

6. [2] A Dove Dungeon

7. [3] A Dove Dungeon

8. [2] N/LOVE Writersdream9

9. [3] N/LOVE Ese Klava

10. [2] N/LOVE Dolores

11. [3] N Thom Amundsen
12.[2] N Gayle Rose

13. [3] MOON/SU Hank (Kaykuala)

14. [2] SU Lothar

15. [3] SU Christy

16. [2] N Celestine

17. [3] FLOWER/SP Milan

18. [2] SP Chèvrefeuille

19. [3] SP Chèvrefeuille

20. [2] N Georgia

21. [3] N Kim Russell

22. [2] N Nimi Arora

23. [3] W Jazzytower
24. [2] W Candy
25. [3] N/LOVE Dove Dungeon

26. [2] N/LOVE Writersdream9

27. [3] N/LOVE Ese Klava

28. [2] N Dolores

29. [3] MOON/A Thom Amundsen

30. [2] A Gayle Rose

31. [3] A Gayle Rose

32. [2] N Hank (Kaykuala)

33. [3] N Lothar

34. [2] N Christy

35. [3] FLOWER/SP Celestine
36. [2] W Milan

37. [3] SU Milan
38. [2] N Chèvrefeuille
39. [3] N Georgia
40. [2] A Kim Russell
41. [3]  N Nimi Arora
42. [2] W Jazzytower
43. [3] SP Candy

44. [2] SP Dove Dungeon, should relate to #1 in some way and close the work -- ageku

Well ... I hope you all like this list and I hope this Yoyoshi will become a beauty as was our first "kasen-renga" in our first Carpe Diem Renga Party.

Have fun!

By the way: Georgia your hokku is already on, so the first who has to write a link is Kim Russell.