Carpe Diem's Kasen Renga Session #2, "On the Seashore"

 

 

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

 

Today our second Kasen Renga Session starts. A Kasen Renga is a Renga of 36 linked verses following the next path 5-7-5, 7-7, 5-7-5, 7-7 .... and so on. Just like the Tan Renga you have to write a stanza through associating on the verse before your turn.

Our beloved haiku originated from this Renga, a chain of verses following the above mentioned structure. The Renga started with the so called Hokku (starting verse) written by a haiku poet. The next poet wrote the next stanza and so on. The poet who writes the last stanza, called Ageku, has to associate on the hokku (and the verse before him/her) so the Kasen Renga is closed properly as a chain or circle.

 

The Kasen Renga follows a structure in which there are themes which you have to use in the stanzas. I will give you the structure later on in this post. First I like to tell you how this is going to work.

I start the Kasen Renga with a Hokku and the next poet writes the following stanza in the comments field. There will be no linking widget and you have to be alert on which stanza you have to write. So e.g. poet A writes the first verse 5-7-5, poet B writes the 7-7 stanza, then poet C writes the following stanza of 5-7-5 ... the most important thing in this is that you have to read the comment before you, so you know which stanza you have to write. (!!!! DON'T FORGET THE NUMBER OF THE STANZA IN YOUR COMMENT !!!!).

Kasen Renga Session #2

1. (3)  (hokku) (starting verse)
2. (2) Spring
3. (3) Spring/sun
4. (2) free verse (*)
5. (3) flower/earth
6. (2) air
7. (3) Spring
8. (2) free/rainbow
9. (3) free/temple-bell
10. (2) leaves
11. (3) Spring/clouds
12. (2) Summer/flowers
13. (3) mountains
14. (2) Autumn/leave
15. (3) free verse
16. (2) free verse
17. (3) garden/moon
18. (2) water
19. (3) water/circles
20. (2) free verse
21. (3) brook/wind
22. (2) free /wind
23. (3) breath/grape
24. (2) breath/crystal
25. (3) New Year
26. (2) free/grass
27. (3) free/wood
28. (2) earth/wood
29. (3) light/dark
30. (2) Autumn/spider
31. (3) draden
32. (2) free verse
33. (3) free verse
34. (2) Summer
35. (3) fire/wood
36. (2) Summer/Autumn (ageku)

(*) In this list free verse means without a theme

For this new Kasen Renga Session I have chosen a re-done haiku written by myself, you can find that original (inspired on a haiku by Basho) at my Basho Revisited Weblog This New Kasen Renga is titled:

  

 

 

 

On the Seashore

 

Starting date: November 3rd 2013
Closing date: January 31th 2014

 

And here is the Hokku (7-5-7) or starting verse:

 

abandoned
the shell of a hermit crab
on the seashore

(c) Chèvrefeuille

 

Well .... have fun, feel free to share your 'stanza' (chained link) with us all here at our haiku community Carpe Diem Haiku Kai. Good Luck.

 

 

 

Carpe Diem's Kasen-Renga Session #1 "No Lonely Night"

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Do you remember that we had a Kasen Renga Session? I have taken all the verses of this Kasen Renga from your comments and have them put together. So here you can read the result of our first Kasen-Renga Session. It was an adventure to start this Kasen-Renga, but it did go very well, however we didn't succeeded in making a complete Kasen Renga of 36 verses or chains, but we came halfway. To make the Kasen-Renga complete I have written the last verse, the Ageku, and made in that way the circle complete. Have fun reading this first Kasen Renga of Carpe Diem Haiku Kai.

Title:

"No Lonely Night", a Summer Renga

Startdate: June 21th
Closingdate: July 22th

Participants:

Ch = Chèvrefeuille; RD = Rick Daddario; BR = Bjorn Rudberg; MG = Managua Gunn; MaG = Maggie Grace; Lo= Lolly; HA = Howanxious; Ni = Nimue; JzB = JazzBumpa

Hokku (5-7-5) :

firefly party
their fragile light caresses me -
no lonely night   (Ch)

open peony blossoms
her scent lingers beneath stars   (RD)

moonbeams caressing
golden hair on soft pillow

O my sleeping love   (BR)

on the cliff tops your dream flies
hair in the wind wild and free   (MG)

Mangetsu

autumn's harvest moon

trees begin to shed their leaves
please don't change seasons   (MaG)

an Indian summer wind
passes over pumpkin fields   (Lo)

single maple leaf
decorate the farmers shoes
after harvesting   (BR)

maple leaves fall in the gutter
while kissing my wife   (Ch)

gentle touch of lips
hands embracing hands of love
holding an aster   (HA)

her yearning for an ocean,
his passion for her kisses   (Ni)

Breaking Waves

her voice an echo

of the soothing waves that break
on childhood sea-shore   (BR)

echoing through the silent mountains
the lamenting cries of seaguls   (Ch)

a clouded old moon
shivers in wake of cold winds
ache for warmth of love   (HA)

wilting embers, winternight
join my under the duvet   (BR)

lovers of twilight
meet in a field of flowers
steal a silent kiss   (HA)

embracing lovers at dusk
shaded in a bamboo grove   (HA)

Flowers

sprouting bamboo shoots

between colorful tulips -
I curse quietly and blush    (Ch)

firefly light attracts his mate
as starlight brings her to me   (JzB)

newly married bride
smile spreads on her rosy cheeks
her man nudges her   (HA)

no more lonely nights
as fireflies dancing in the moon   (Ch)

And with this last verse, the ageku, this (semi) kasen-renga is completed. I hope you liked the read. I think we did very well. Maybe we have to try it again? Let me know if you would like to try it again. For now ... see you ...

Namaste

Carpe Diem's Kasen Renga Session #1

Credits: Kasen Renga Session

Good day dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

I love to introduce a new feature here on Carpe Diem. With the Tan Renga episodes I already started a nice way to write haiku together. And today I will introduce our next step in our Renga playing. It's an experiment and I hope it will work out.

Today our first Kasen Renga Session starts. I love to try a Kasen renga with you all. A Kasen Renga is a Renga of 36 linked verses following the next path 5-7-5, 7-7, 5-7-5, 7-7 .... and so on. Just like the Tan Renga you have to write a stanza through associating on the verse before your turn.
Our beloved haiku originated from this Renga, a chain of verses following the above mentioned structure. The Renga started with the so called Hokku (openings verse) written by a haiku poet. The next poet wrote the next stanza and so on. The poet who writes the last stanza called Ageku has to associate on the hokku (and the verse before him/her) so the Kasen Renga is closed properly as a chain or circle.

The Kasen Renga follows a structure in which there are themes which you have to use in the stanzas. I will give you the structure later on in this post. First I like to tell you how this is going to work.

I start the Kasen Renga with a Hokku and the next poet writes the following stanza in the comments field. There will be no linking widget and you have to be alert on which stanza you have to write. So e.g. poet A writes the first verse 5-7-5, poet B writes the 7-7 stanza, then poet C writes the following stanza of 5-7-5 ... the importants thing in this is that you have to read the comment before you, so you know which stanza you have to write. (!!!! DON'T FORGET THE NUMBER OF THE STANZA IN YOUR COMMENT !!!!).

Let us try this .... we will see how it's gonna work out. I will give now the structure of our first Kasen Renga:

1. Hokku 5-7-5 (Summer)
2. 7-7 (Summer)
3. 5-7-5 (Love)
4. 7-7 (Freedom)
5. 5-7-5 (Moon/ Autumn)
6. 7-7 (Autumn)
7. 5-7-5 (Autumn)
8. 7-7 (Love)
9. 5-7-5 (Love/ Flowers)
10. 7-7 (Love/ Free verse, no theme)
11. 5-7-5 (Water)
12. 7-7 (Rocks/ Mountains)
13. 5-7-5 (Moon/ Winter)
14. 7-7 (Winter)
15. 5-7-5 (Love/ Flowers)
16. 7-7 (Bamboo)
17. 5-7-5 (Flower/ Spring)
18. 7-7 (Spring)
19. 5-7-5 (Spring)
20. 7-7 (Moon/ Autumn)
21. 5-7-5 (Pigeons)
22. 7-7 (Love)
23. 5-7-5 (Summer)
24. 7-7 (Summer)
25. 5-7-5 (Pebble)
26. 7-7 (Love)
27. 5-7-5 (Flower)
28. 7-7 (Water)
29. 5-7-5 (Moon/ Spring)
30. 7-7 (Summer)
31. 5-7-5 (Autumn)
32. 7-7 (Winter)
33. 5-7-5 (free verse, no theme)
34. 7-7 (Flower/ Spring)
35. 5-7-5 (Rocks/ Mountains)
36. Ageku 7-7 (Spring)

This structure, not exact the classic structure, is called a 'Summer Renga'. So the Hokku must be a Summer haiku. (Behind the syllables per stanza you can read the theme for that stanza). The title of this first Carpe Diem's Kasen Renga Session is taken form the Hokku, "no lonely night".

Credits: Firefly

Title:

"No Lonely Night", a Summer Renga

Startdate: June 21th
Closingdate: July 22th


Hokku (5-7-5) by Chèvrefeuille (your host):

firefly party
their fragile light caresses me -
no lonely night

(c) Chèvrefeuille (pseudonym of Kristjaan Panneman)


have fun, feel free to post your stanza to our first Kasen Renga Session. Good Luck!!!

Chèvrefeuille, your host