Carpe Diem's Tan Renga Challenge September 2018 Chained Together III (1) Morning Sun

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Welcome at the first regular episode of our wonderful Kai, a haiku loving family. This month all our regular episodes will be Tan Renga Challenges (TRC). I have titled this month "Chained Together III", because this is the 3rd time that I create a TRC month. Maybe you can remember that I created an exclusive CDHK E-book from the first month we had a TRC-month and that E-book was titled "Chained Together" (you can find this e-book in our CDHK Library, use the link at the left side of our Kai).

What is Tan Renga?

Maybe you know the Tanka that poem with 5 lines following the syllables count 5-7-5-7-7. A beautiful Japanese poetry form which I not often create, because I am not such a great Tanka poet. The Tanka is a poem written by one poet and that's the difference with the Tan Renga.

Sparkling Dew

The Tan Renga has also 5 lines following (approximately) the same syllables count as the Tanka, but the Tan Renga is written by two poets. One poet writes the first stanza of three (3) lines in the following example that will be Jane Reichhold:

Here is the first stanza of this example Tan Renga:

morning sun
the twinkle of stars
still in the dew                      (Jane Reichhold)

The goal for the second poet is to create the second stanza of two (2) lines through association on the first stanza (as we do in a renga). For this example I have written the second stanza:

her bright shining eyes
she unpacks her new doll     (your host)

This is what you call a Tan Renga. It's possible to leave a blanc line between the two stanzas, but you can also make it unite with each other. Than this is the result:

morning sun
the twinkle of stars
still in the dew                      (Jane Reichhold)
her bright shining eyes
she unpacks her new doll     (your host)

It's a great way of being creative with the work of another poet, like we do with our special feature "Renga With Basho".

Every regular episode I will give you a haiku written by a classical or non-classical haiku poet to work with. You have to create the second (two-lined) stanza through association on the scenes and images in the given haiku (or "hokku").

TRC September 2018: (1) Morning Sun by Jane Reichhold

For this first regular episode I love to challenge you to create a Tan Renga with the above given haiku by Jane Reichhold.

morning sun
the twinkle of stars
still in the dew

© Jane Reichhold

Well ... enjoy this wonderful TRC month chain your verse together with the given verse.

This episode is open for your submissions tonight at 7:00 PM (CEST) and will remain open until September 9th at noon (CEST). I will try to publish our new TRC later on. For now ... have fun!