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On carpe diem haiku kai, the challenge for today is to complete a tan renga. This is a collaborative creation of two people, the first supplying a traditional haiku, and the second completing it with two lines of 7 syllables each. Our host, Chèvrefeuille, wrote the first three lines, and I offer the final two:
sweet perfume
mingles with the sound of rain–
a dog barks
senses blend–harsh and lovely
early morning languid doze
On Carpe Diem Haiku Kai, the host asks us to complete a Tan Renga. This is a cooperative creative game where two lines of seven syllables by one person complete the 5/7/5 haiku of another. Today’s offering is by Jen at blogitorloseit.com. She evokes the timeless wonder of the Southwestern desert with this wonderful haiku:
ancient laughter
captured in a canyon wind –
yucca leaves, rustling
The host of Carpe Diem, Chevrefeuille , offers this tan renga:
ancient laughter
captured in a canyon wind –
yucca leaves, rustling (© Paloma)
whispering of ghostly voices
telling a wonderful story(© Chèvrefeuille)
These brought to mind this picture of Carolyn hiking in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Southern Arizona:
and the whisper of wind through the Organ Pipes inspired this tan renga:
ancient laughter
captured in a canyon wind –
yucca leaves, rustling (© Paloma)
anasazi ancestors
murmur aeolian dreams
To celebrate the second anniversary of of the haiku family nurtured by Chèvrefeuille on the blog carpediemhaikukai.com, today’s party is the completion of a haibun by Becca Givens, with two lines of 7 syllables each.
Here is Becca’s prompt with my completion:
river stones
caressed by flowing water
pale moon shines
speckled trout flash and vanish
under Luna’s steady gaze.
Written for the Carpe Diem Challenge #53: write a Tan Renga.
Tan Renga is a two stanza poem with 5-7-5 and 7-7 syllables (5-7-5-7-7). Unlike a Tanka written by one poet, Tan Renga is written by two. Poet One writes the 5-7-5 and Poet Two completes 7-7.
11 OCT CARPE DIEM HAIKU KAI PROMPT:
Oliana’s “flying home”
power-driven fowl
in rays of a setting sun
flies home…………….(Oliana of Traces of the Soul)
My completion:
power-driven fowl
in rays of setting sun
flies home
gliding with feathered trim
into the deepening night.
