by Masago: Rengay 2, Verses 1-2 (of 6)
The faint thump / of a distant basketball — autumn evening.
Canola field horizon — a glint of setting sun.
Click here for the previous rengay in the series.
2007-09-10
2007-09-09
Rengay Through the Seasons #2 [1]
by Masago: Rengay 2, Verse 1 (of 6)
The faint thump / of a distant basketball — autumn evening.
Click here for the previous rengay in the series.
The faint thump / of a distant basketball — autumn evening.
Click here for the previous rengay in the series.
2007-09-08
Rengay Through the Seasons #1 [1-6] Summary
By Masago: Rengay 1, Verses 1-6 (of 6) Summary
Popsicle Stick
A green sprig / pokes above the edge — eaves trough.
Leaves in the back yard, a frisbee almost buried.
Rear car window — "Wash Me" handwritten / in stuck-on dust.
Dirty dishes / spread on the kitchen table... vase of daisies.
A boy in his room — his stuff on the floor.
Red ants swarm / over a popsicle stick — driveway curb.
The first verse of each solo rengay in this series will be chosen from haiku that I wrote between July 25, 2005 and August 10, 2006. This first one:
A green sprig
pokes above the edge —
eaves trough.
...was written after an early Autumn walk we took around the neigbourhood. At one house I saw a little weed poking above the edge of the eaves trough. It reminded me of the debris in our own eaves trough that would soon need attention. The verses in this rengay follow a theme of "Needing Clean-up". As well, each verse links to the one before it and the last verse links to the first verse. Please click on the following link for notes on the linking and other technical details:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pcytHc47X3uAIxcVRM-wLIA
Note: Click on the "Project" button near the top of the first sheet to access the Notes page.
Click here for the project archives.
Popsicle Stick
A green sprig / pokes above the edge — eaves trough.
Leaves in the back yard, a frisbee almost buried.
Rear car window — "Wash Me" handwritten / in stuck-on dust.
Dirty dishes / spread on the kitchen table... vase of daisies.
A boy in his room — his stuff on the floor.
Red ants swarm / over a popsicle stick — driveway curb.
The first verse of each solo rengay in this series will be chosen from haiku that I wrote between July 25, 2005 and August 10, 2006. This first one:
A green sprig
pokes above the edge —
eaves trough.
...was written after an early Autumn walk we took around the neigbourhood. At one house I saw a little weed poking above the edge of the eaves trough. It reminded me of the debris in our own eaves trough that would soon need attention. The verses in this rengay follow a theme of "Needing Clean-up". As well, each verse links to the one before it and the last verse links to the first verse. Please click on the following link for notes on the linking and other technical details:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pcytHc47X3uAIxcVRM-wLIA
Note: Click on the "Project" button near the top of the first sheet to access the Notes page.
Click here for the project archives.
2007-09-07
Rengay Through the Seasons #1 [1-6]
by Masago: Rengay 1, Verses 1-6 (of 6)
A green sprig / pokes above the edge — eaves trough.
Leaves in the back yard, a frisbee almost buried.
Rear car window — "Wash Me" handwritten / in stuck-on dust.
Dirty dishes / spread on the kitchen table... vase of daisies.
A boy in his room — his stuff on the floor.
Red ants swarm / over a popsicle stick — driveway curb.
A green sprig / pokes above the edge — eaves trough.
Leaves in the back yard, a frisbee almost buried.
Rear car window — "Wash Me" handwritten / in stuck-on dust.
Dirty dishes / spread on the kitchen table... vase of daisies.
A boy in his room — his stuff on the floor.
Red ants swarm / over a popsicle stick — driveway curb.
2007-09-06
Rengay Through the Seasons #1 [1-5]
by Masago: Rengay 1, Verses 1-5 (of 6)
A green sprig / pokes above the edge — eaves trough.
Leaves in the back yard, a frisbee almost buried.
Rear car window — "Wash Me" handwritten / in stuck-on dust.
Dirty dishes / spread on the kitchen table... vase of daisies.
A boy in his room — his stuff on the floor.
A green sprig / pokes above the edge — eaves trough.
Leaves in the back yard, a frisbee almost buried.
Rear car window — "Wash Me" handwritten / in stuck-on dust.
Dirty dishes / spread on the kitchen table... vase of daisies.
A boy in his room — his stuff on the floor.
2007-09-05
Rengay Through the Seasons #1 [1-4]
by Masago: Rengay 1, Verses 1-4 (of 6)
A green sprig / pokes above the edge — eaves trough.
Leaves in the back yard, a frisbee almost buried.
Rear car window — "Wash Me" handwritten / in stuck-on dust.
Dirty dishes / spread on the kitchen table... vase of daisies.
A green sprig / pokes above the edge — eaves trough.
Leaves in the back yard, a frisbee almost buried.
Rear car window — "Wash Me" handwritten / in stuck-on dust.
Dirty dishes / spread on the kitchen table... vase of daisies.
2007-09-04
Rengay Through the Seasons #1 [1-3]
by Masago: Rengay 1, Verses 1-3 (of 6)
A green sprig / pokes above the edge — eaves trough.
Leaves in the back yard, a frisbee almost buried.
Rear car window — "Wash Me" handwritten / in stuck-on dust.
A green sprig / pokes above the edge — eaves trough.
Leaves in the back yard, a frisbee almost buried.
Rear car window — "Wash Me" handwritten / in stuck-on dust.
2007-09-03
Rengay Through the Seasons #1 [1-2]
by Masago: Rengay 1, Verses 1-2 (of 6)
A green sprig / pokes above the edge — eaves trough.
Leaves in the back yard, a frisbee almost buried.
[For the sake of readers who are new to Rengay I will add a few remarks at this point. This is the second of six verses that will be posted. In the solo and two-person rengay, the 2nd and 5th verses are two-line haiku. That is, they consist of two lines that are about the same length as the middle line of a regular 3-line haiku. They are also generally "cut" at the end of the second line as in regular haiku (i.e. a 2-line verse should not read as one sentence or phrase).
In addition, there is a link between the previous verse and current verse. Sometimes the links in Rengay are obvious and sometimes they are more subtle. These links are similar to the links in Renku and like between the haiku in my last year's linked haiku project. Do you see a link between these two verses above?
Finally, a Rengay has one or more themes that run through every verse. This provides a unifying aspect to each Rengay. Hopefully you will get a feel for the theme I have in mind for the Rengay as each verse is posted. At the end of the week I'll post the theme(s) I had in mind along with the links and other notes.]
A green sprig / pokes above the edge — eaves trough.
Leaves in the back yard, a frisbee almost buried.
[For the sake of readers who are new to Rengay I will add a few remarks at this point. This is the second of six verses that will be posted. In the solo and two-person rengay, the 2nd and 5th verses are two-line haiku. That is, they consist of two lines that are about the same length as the middle line of a regular 3-line haiku. They are also generally "cut" at the end of the second line as in regular haiku (i.e. a 2-line verse should not read as one sentence or phrase).
In addition, there is a link between the previous verse and current verse. Sometimes the links in Rengay are obvious and sometimes they are more subtle. These links are similar to the links in Renku and like between the haiku in my last year's linked haiku project. Do you see a link between these two verses above?
Finally, a Rengay has one or more themes that run through every verse. This provides a unifying aspect to each Rengay. Hopefully you will get a feel for the theme I have in mind for the Rengay as each verse is posted. At the end of the week I'll post the theme(s) I had in mind along with the links and other notes.]
2007-09-02
2007-09-01
Rengay Through the Seasons: Kick-off
Each day in this past year I posted a haiku that became part of a year-long linked haiku project:
http://haikuworkshop.pbwiki.com/LinkedYear2006
I'd like to thank you all for your comments and suggestions for this project. Your support over the past 12 months has been greatly appreciated.
This coming year I will be doing a new project consisting of a set 52 weekly Rengay poems. A Rengay consists of six linked haiku that support a common theme. For more information about Rengay, see the following notes by Joan Zimmerman:
http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/rengay.htm
Most Rengay are written collaboratively with two or three participants. They can also be written by one or six individuals. The rengay in this project will primarily be written solo (by me). However, twelve of them, one for each month of the year, will be done as a joint effort with different guest rengay/haiku friends.
Each day of the week I plan to post a different verse from that week's Rengay. On the last day of the week I will post a title, the theme I had in mind, linking details, and technical notes.
I look forward to your comments and suggestions. I plan to tweak verses and adjust Rengay titles based on your feedback.
http://haikuworkshop.pbwiki.com/LinkedYear2006
I'd like to thank you all for your comments and suggestions for this project. Your support over the past 12 months has been greatly appreciated.
This coming year I will be doing a new project consisting of a set 52 weekly Rengay poems. A Rengay consists of six linked haiku that support a common theme. For more information about Rengay, see the following notes by Joan Zimmerman:
http://www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/rengay.htm
Most Rengay are written collaboratively with two or three participants. They can also be written by one or six individuals. The rengay in this project will primarily be written solo (by me). However, twelve of them, one for each month of the year, will be done as a joint effort with different guest rengay/haiku friends.
Each day of the week I plan to post a different verse from that week's Rengay. On the last day of the week I will post a title, the theme I had in mind, linking details, and technical notes.
I look forward to your comments and suggestions. I plan to tweak verses and adjust Rengay titles based on your feedback.
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