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.
