Rengay Through the Seasons #35 [1-4]

by John McDonald (jd), and Vaughn Seward (vs);
Rengay #35 (Apr 27 - May 3, 2008) Verses 1-4 (of 6):

First day out / learning to be a rabbit — tree-bark scattered. /jm
New postal job — he opens / a gate with "Beware of Dog".
The young mother / gives the infant her breast — the crying stops.
Erupting curses — the rookie mason nearly / hits his chisel.

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Rengay Through the Seasons #35 [1-3]

by John McDonald (jd), and Vaughn Seward (vs);
Rengay #35 (Apr 27 - May 3, 2008) Verses 1-3 (of 6):

First day out / learning to be a rabbit — tree-bark scattered. /jm
New postal job — he opens / a gate with "Beware of Dog".
The young mother / gives the infant her breast — the crying stops.

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Rengay Through the Seasons #35 [1-2]

by John McDonald (jd), and Vaughn Seward (vs);
Rengay #35 (Apr 27 - May 3, 2008) Verses 1-2 (of 6):

First day out / learning to be a rabbit — tree-bark scattered. /jm
New postal job — he opens / a gate with "Beware of Dog".

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Rengay Through the Seasons #35 [1]

by John McDonald (jd), and Vaughn Seward (vs);
Rengay #35 (Apr 27 - May 3, 2008) Verse 1 (of 6):

First day out / learning to be a rabbit — tree-bark scattered. /jm

This rengay was written with John McDonald who is a retired stone-mason living in Edinburgh Scotland. After some years of writing poetry in Scots (one of the languages native to scotland, the other being the celtic rooted Gaelic)) he became interested in haiku in the mid-1990's, and has been devoted to writing only that since. He has a web-page of scots haiku which he updates daily:

http://zenspeug.blogspot.com/

Around the time that I started the Masago haiku blog, John and I began leaving comments on each other's haiku blogs and have enjoyed each other's work since. Writing a rengay together for this series was an obvious extension of these poetic experiences.

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Rengay Through the Seasons #34 Summary

by Masago: Rengay #34 (Apr 20-26, 2008) Summary

Between the Lips

Glacier in the lake —
a splash is seen, before
it is heard.

A breaking-up rumour started —
we just now find out.

A tulip petal
falls to the floor — the baby
has a taste.

Dark chocolate
between the lips — she bites
a little chunk.

He releases the bowling ball...
the left pin wobbles, falls.

A wet cardboard box —
one kick almost sends a piece
across the puddle.

The central theme in this rengay is "Break apart/away".

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Rengay Through the Seasons #34 [1-6]

by Masago: Rengay #34 (Apr 20-26, 2008), Verses 1-6 (of 6)

Glacier in the lake — a splash is seen, before / it is heard.
A breaking-up rumour started — we just now find out.
A tulip petal / falls to the floor — the baby / has a taste.
Dark chocolate / between the lips — she bites / a little chunk.
He releases the bowling ball... the left pin wobbles, falls.
A wet cardboard box — one kick almost sends a piece / across the puddle.

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Rengay Through the Seasons #34 [1-5]

by Masago: Rengay #34 (Apr 20-26, 2008), Verses 1-5 (of 6)

Glacier in the lake — a splash is seen, before / it is heard.
A breaking-up rumour started — we just now find out.
A tulip petal / falls to the floor — the baby / has a taste.
Dark chocolate / between the lips — she bites / a little chunk.
He releases the bowling ball... the left pin wobbles, falls.

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Rengay Through the Seasons #34 [1-4]

by Masago: Rengay #34 (Apr 20-26, 2008), Verses 1-4 (of 6)

Glacier in the lake — a splash is seen, before / it is heard.
A breaking-up rumour started — we just now find out.
A tulip petal / falls to the floor — the baby / has a taste.
Dark chocolate / between the lips — she bites / a little chunk.

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Rengay Through the Seasons #34 [1-3]

by Masago: Rengay #34 (Apr 20-26, 2008), Verses 1-3 (of 6)

Glacier in the lake — a splash is seen, before / it is heard.
A breaking-up rumour started — we just now find out.
A tulip petal / falls to the floor — the baby / has a taste.

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Rengay Through the Seasons #34 [1-2]

by Masago: Rengay #34 (Apr 20-26, 2008), Verses 1-2 (of 6)

Glacier in the lake — a splash is seen, before / it is heard.
A breaking-up rumour started — we just now find out.

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