Carpe Diem's Tan Renga Challenge Month #XII, HA's "entangled branches"

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

We are almost halfway this Tan Renga Challenge Month and until now I have read wonderfully completed Tan Renga. It's really nice to read all those differences in the second stanzas. And it's a joy to see and read that every haiku-family-member who's haiku is used for the first stanza is so enthousiastic about the completions of their Tan Renga.

Today I have another wonderful haiku which will serve as the starting verse of a Tan Renga. Today I have chosen a haiku written by Anmol (a.k.a.HA) of HowAnxious.He wrote this haiku in response on our prompt 'chaos' in our first anniversary month. Going along with that haiku he posted a beautiful photo, which I like to reproduce here. (I don't know the source of this photo).

Here follows the haiku, the first stanza of this new Tan Renga Challenge-day, written by HA:

entangled branches
sun ascends through lifeless limbs
beautiful chaos

(c) Anmol (a.k.a. HA)

 

Really an awesome haiku ... very unique in it's word-painting and with that photo going along with it, it would be a wonderful haiga. It's a honor that I may use this one.
Of course of have to try to complete this Tan Renga, so ... here is my attempt to complete this Tan Renga started by HA.

entangled branches
sun ascends through lifeless limbs
beautiful chaos                                                               (Anmol a.k.a. HA)

in the fragile morning light
a cobweb sparkles like crystal                                        (Chèvrefeuille)

A nice completion, if I may say so, ... the haiku gave me strong feeling of fragility and the first thing which came in mind was wonderful non-chaotic cobweb of a spider in contrast with the chaos of the branches ... I think this Tan Renga, with the pivot in the third line is very well in balance (hm ... how immodest). Now it's up to you ... have fun, be inspired and share your completed Tan Renga with our Haiku Kai. !! This episode of CD's Tan Renga Challenge Month is open for your submissions at 7.00 PM (CET) and it will stay open until November 14th 11.59 AM (CET) !!

Carpe Diem's Tan Renga Challenge #14, "the paper lanterns" written by HA

Dear Haijin, visitors and travelers,

Our new Tan Renga is this week built around a haiku by HA of How Anxious He shared this haiku with us for our prompt Obon Festival last week. HA writes in his own style and with that he does what the 'undertitle' of his weblog says: "Creating new worlds to escape from reality". Isn't that what we all do with writing? Are we not all try to escape from reality?
I love to share that haiku by HA here as the first stanza of our new Tan Renga Challenge.

the paper lanterns

float away to neverland

pure light of spirits

(c) HA

The goal of this Tan Renga Challenge is to write a second stanza (7-7) in respons of the first stanza (5-7-5). Please copy and paste the first stanza into your post and make the Tan Renga complete.

First stanza (5-7-5):

the paper lanterns
float away to neverland
pure light of spirits

Second stanza (7-7):

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My attempt to complete the Tan Renga:


the paper lanterns
float away to neverland
pure light of spirits                                                        (HA)

taken by the western wind
the memories of our ancestors                                      (Chèvrefeuille, your host)


Well I think this haiku by HA as the starting stanza of the Tan Renga for this week will be inspiring. This Tan Renga Challenge is open for your submissions 'till September 20th 11.59 AM (CET) and I will (try to) post our next challenging Tan Renga later on that day. Have fun.