Renhai Reflections 179: Faintly Conducted

Faintly Conducted
A Renhai by Toshiaki Koike (tk) & Vaughn Seward (vs)

river park
wearing a snow hood
muted hush... /tk

raising his dark shades... /vs
somewhere, faint breathing /tk

March wedding...
this moment before the groom
lifts the veil /vs

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[Check the notes for special comments about this Renhai's theme(s).]

Renhai Reflections 178: Had Been May Be

Had Been May Be
A Renhai by Vaughn Seward (Solo)

A dried pinecone
where the last patch
of snow had been.

The cat scratches in the bed —
a breeze lifts an old flyer.

Sorting through
his old knick-knack box —
corncob pipe.

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Renhai Reflections 177: Night Cruise

Night Cruise
A Renhai by Vaughn Seward (vs) & Gillena Cox (gc)

under full sail
a sudden swell tosses me
from rail to rail /vs

moonlit coconut palms /vs
bash of foamy white breakers /gc

canopy of stars
which one will this night
pitch me a wish /gc

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Renhai Reflections 176: Voice

Voices
A Renhai by Jerry McKenzie (jm) & Vaughn Seward (vs)

Hidden ledges
above the building entrance —
pigeon cooings. /jm

Pre-dawn police chopper — /jm
she parts the bedroom blinds. /vs

Listening lip-reader —
the mumbled words come through
a shaggy moustache. /vs

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Renhai Reflections 175: Finding a Way

Finding a Way
A Renhai by Vaughn Seward (Solo)

The melting trickle
has become a river across
the front sidewalk.

Leaning snow shovel —
a skiff of frost glistens.

Over the pond
an extended branch drops
its last leaf.

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Renhai Reflections 174: The Thin Line

The Thin Line
A Renhai by Vaughn Seward (vs) & John Daleiden (jd)

At the school
a child raises a flag —
the sound of singing. /jd

Two standing soldiers /vs
a broken rose blossom. /jd

Sugar plum fairy
dancing — her music box
winds down. /vs

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[This is the second dual language Renhai (English/Esperanto) that John and I did together.]

Renhai Reflections 173: Valentine Blues

Valentine Blues
A Renhai by Vaughn Seward (vs) & Gillena Cox (gc)

the blue of two
tanagers enmeshed in
the caricature bush /gc

the phone laid on its cradle /gc
roses nestled in tissue /vs

a letter arrives
with your golden lock
intimate melody /vs

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[And one final valentines renhai.]

Renhai Reflections 172: Waves of Love

Waves of Love
A Renhai by Vaughn Seward (vs) & Zhanna P. Rader (zh.r)

Deployed abroad —
on St. Valentine's Day,
his roses. /zh.r

A breeze sways the curtain — /vs
my darling's whispering lips.... /zh.r

The faint rush
of distant waves — longing
to hold you tight. /vs

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[Yet another Valentine's renhai.]

Renhai Reflections 171: Cupid's Aim

Cupid's Aim
A Renhai by Betty Kaplan (bk) & Vaughn Seward (vs)

so long ago...
in a bed of red roses
that first kiss /bk

his and mine carved in a heart... /bk
our walk together, a dream? /vs

yet now to feel
your warm embrace, and touch
each soft lip... /vs

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[Several of us wrote renhai for Valentine's Day. Here is another written with Betty Kaplan.]

Renhai Reflections 170: Rippling Petals

Rippling Petals
A Renhai by Janice Seward (js) & Vaughn Seward (vs)

Together again —
overwhelmed by ripples
of pure joy. /js

Gentle waves in the pond /js
reflect in your eyes. /vs

Floating rose petals,
each one carrying a message
from my heart. /vs

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[A Valentine's renhai with my wife, Janice...]