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       20 YEARS OF RENGA

  

 
   
  In these Participation Renga you will find links from:

AB 
Alice Benedict

BJ
Bob Jessup

CC
Carlos Colón 

CF
Vikki Celeste Fannin

CG 
Cindy Guntherman

CSK
Carol Stroh Kemp 

dht
Doris H. Thurston 

DPK
Deborah P. Kolidji

DR 
David Rice

DWP
Darrel W. Parry

EF 
Eric Folsom

ESJ
Elizabeth St Jacques 

FA 
Fay Aoyagi 

FP
Francine Porad 

FPA
Francis (Paul) Attard 

GD 
Gene Doty 

GM 
Giselle Maya

GR 
George Ralph

GV
Geert Verbeke

JAJ 
Jean Jorgensen


JJO 
Joyce J. Owens

JC 
Jeanne Cassler

JMB
John M. Bennett

JR 
Jane Reichhold

JS
John Sheirer 

JSJ
Joyce Sandeen Johnson

KCL 
Ken C. Leibman 

LCG 
Larry C. Gross

LE
Lesley Einer

LJ
Lael Johnson 

MHH
Madeline Hoffer

ML
Minna Lerman

MM 
Marianne Marks

MWM   
Mary Wittry-Mason


Nika 

NA
Nasira Alma

PC
Penny Crosby 

PGC 
Pamela Connor

PJS
P.J. Sharpe 

PS
Pat Shelley


Ronan 

RF 
Robert Flannery

SCH 
Suzette Hains

SD
Simon Doubleday

SMc
Steve McComas  

TLG
Terri Lee Grell

TV 
Teresa Volz 

TW
Tundra Wind 

WEG
Elliot Greig

WR 
Werner Reichhold

YH 
Yvonne
Hardenbrook

ZP 
Zane Parks 

LYNX
PARTICIPATION RENGA

HOW TO DO IT

To join in participation renga, read the whole poem, especially the last line or lines in italic. Read the "rules" as stated under the title. Pick the link in BOLD italic you find best, worthy, interesting and write your responding link. Check the hokku poet's rules once more to make sure yours fits.

Send the title of the renga, the link and author to which your link with your initials responds. Subscribers may send in up to 10 links total. You cannot respond to your own links.

To start a participation renga, submit a hokku; (the first link (stanza) of a renga). The hokku usually contains the title of the renga. Your submission should indicate a title; the theme or premise (if any); the format (3-line links, 2-line links, etc.); and the total number of links that will complete the renga (not over 12, please). When you start a renga, think of it as YOUR renga and keep working with the new links as they arrive. Too often a renga is started but not "cared for" later.

Lynx does not edit hokku or links in this section. However, links that clearly neglect the hokku poet's guidelines will not be published.

Once a renga is established, Lynx publishes all branches of that renga, as long as poets keep feeding them links.  Lynx drops any hokku or branch that no one feeds. The previous links are printed in one line just to save space.

Send your links to us by email with the words "participation renga" as subject line.
You may also send your links by regular post to: LYNX, POB 1250, Gualala, CA 95445, USA.

 

 


    FLYING KITE
Free renga of 9 verses
Started: April, 1988 Finished: Spring, 1990

flying kite
dangles on a string
a small boy                     Bambi Lyn Walker

pulling down the wind
he’s called to supper                 Ken C. Leibman

coming inside
his pockets filled
with cold air                  Jane Reichhold

gramophone playing
a song of sixpence                 KCL

wry faces
tourists first time order
of steak and kidney pie            JR

muttering at 3 a.m.
about getting old                KCL

ripe cheese
the smell still fresh
on his fingers                   JR

early morning gathering
coffee, smoke and doughnuts                    Robert Flannery

round the corner
traffic grids and bus lines                  BLW

 

FLYING KITE
flying kite
dangles on a string
a small boy              Bambi Lyn Walker

pulling down the wind
he’s called to supper               Ken C. Leibman

coming inside
his pockets filled
with cold air                 Jane Reichhold

gramophone playing
a song of sixpence           KCL

wry faces
tourists first time order
of steak and kidney pie        JR

muttering at 3 a.m.
about getting old       KCL

ripe cheese
the smell still fresh
on his fingers            JR

early morning gathering
coffee, smoke and doughnuts        Robert Flannery

tickle in her throat
Vick’s cough candy
cherry flavored        Jean A. Jorgensen

 

 

FLYING KITE
flying kite
dangles on a string
a small boy              Bambi Lyn Walker

pulling down the wind
he’s called to supper              Ken C. Leibman

coming inside
his pockets filled
with cold air            Jane Reichhold

gramophone playing
a song of sixpence          KCL

wry faces
tourists first time order
of steak and kidney pie               JR

muttering at 3 a.m.
about getting old          KCL

walking on beach sand
in high heels
to ask a child the time        Terri Lee Grell

bedtime story
pumpkins into coaches     Jean A.  Jorgensen

in her red play suit
she kicks at the waterfall
holding grandma’s hand          Pat Shelley

 

 

FLYING KITE
flying kite
dangles on a string
a small boy                Bambi Lyn Walker

pulling down the wind
he’s called to supper                 Ken C. Leibman

coming inside
his pockets filled
with cold air                Jane Reichhold

gramophone playing
a song of sixpence                   KCL

wry faces
tourists first time order
of steak and kidney pie              JR

muttering at 3 a.m.
about getting old                KCL

walking on beach sand
in high heels
to ask a child the time            Terri Lee Grell

bedtime story
pumpkins into coaches            Jean  A. Jorgensen

dreaming of a rainbow
laughter and happy play
on the Children’s planet           Robert Flannery

 

 

FLYING KITE
flying kite
dangles on a string
a small boy                Bambi Lyn Walker

pulling down the wind
he’s called to supper             Ken C. Leibman

coming inside
his pockets filled
with cold air               Jane Reichhold

gramophone playing
a song of sixpence                 KCL

wry faces
tourists first time order
of steak and kidney pie               JR

muttering at 3 a.m.
about getting old                KCL

walking on beach sand
in high heels
to ask a child the time              Terri Lee Grell

bedtime story
pumpkins into coaches            Jean  A. Jorgensen

lost her slipper
at the ball
(and that’s not all)                 KCL

 

 

FLYING KITE
flying kite
dangles on a string
a small boy                  Bambi Lyn Walker

pulling down the wind
he’s called to supper             Ken C. Leibman

coming inside
his pockets filled
with cold air                Jane Reichhold

gramophone playing
a song of sixpence            KCL

wry faces
tourists first time order
of steak and kidney pie                JR

muttering at 3 a.m.
about getting old              KCL

walking on beach sand
in high heels
to ask a child the time                Terri Lee Grell

bedtime story
pumpkins into coaches         Jean A. Jorgensen

clutching fingers
entangle a drizzled mane
riding the Night Mare            Marianne Marks

 

THE WORDS OF A RENGA
No rules, free, a "what am I doing here?" renga.
Started: October, 1988 Discontinued: Winter, 1990

THE WORDS OF A RENGA
only make me yearn for My Old Haiku, Cherry Blossoms And
feeding the koi                  KR

back in the past
in the old world
finding no home              Bambi Lyn Walker

On the lowest shelf
at the rear of the bookstore
-- Ah! Poetry!              Rose B. Ackerman

lunch over
late for work
pay for book and go               Eric Folsom

home on pass
after weeks in hospital
familiar yet strange           Jean A. Jorgensen

ceilings have lowered
rooms have shrunk to doll-house size
stairs elongated                  Rose B. Ackerman

5 bushy warbler
7 plump and cheerless blooms
5 revisionists                             Larry C. Gross

emerging, the fool
leaps toward the precipice
babbling rhyme                       Judith J. Owen

 

THE WORDS OF A RENGA

THE WORDS OF A RENGA
only make me yearn for My Old Haiku, Cherry Blossoms And
feeding the koi           KR

back in the past
in the old world
finding no home            Bambi Lyn Walker

On the lowest shelf
at the rear of the bookstore
-- Ah! Poetry!        Rose B. Ackerman

lunch over
late for work
pay for book and go            Eric Folsom

home on pass
after weeks in hospital
familiar yet strange            Jean A. Jorgensen

ceilings have lowered
rooms have shrunk to doll-house size
stairs elongated                              Rose B. Ackerman

Timothy Leary
on Hollywood Squares          Terri Lee Grell

a pattern of childhood
in the cracks on the ceiling
my Father’s exact tone of voice         Eric Folsom

 

 

RIVER WITHIN
Free renga
3-line links
7 links
Started: December 1988 Discontinued: Winter, 1990

river within
boiling emotion
music of life                     Larry Giddings

contagious
sexually transmitted
smiles                           Bambi Lyn Walker

back and forth
between the willow and night
the red canoe                  Jane Reichhold

a ripple
leaving the lake
gooseflesh          BLW

falling back
the eater and the eaten
into the water                Ken C. Leibman

ultrasound
watching the third swimmer
for the first time              Eric Folsom

reflections
rippling back
for generations           Judith J. Owens

 

RIVER WITHIN
river within
boiling emotion
music of life                Larry Giddings

contagious
sexually transmitted
smiles                 Bambi Lyn Walker

back and forth
between the willow and night
the red canoe                     Jane Reichhold

a ripple
leaving the lake
gooseflesh                     BLW

falling back
the eater and the eaten
into the water           Ken C. Leibman

ultrasound
watching the third swimmer
for the first time                               Eric Folsom

"no
not tonight
I have a flashback"            Terri Lee Grell

 

 

RIVER WITHIN
river within
boiling emotion
music of life                       Larry Giddings

contagious
sexually transmitted
smiles                       Bambi Lyn Walker

back and forth
between the willow and night
the red canoe                          Jane Reichhold

a ripple
leaving the lake
gooseflesh                    BLW

falling back
the eater and the eaten
into the water                 Ken C. Leibman

panties float
like lily pads
sound of water                 Terri Lee Grell

shape of her back
as she rises
dripping wet             Eric Folsom

 

 

RIVER WITHIN
river within
boiling emotion
music of life           Larry Giddings

contagious
sexually transmitted
smiles                    Bambi Lyn Walker

back and forth
between the willow and night
the red canoe                Jane Reichhold

sneaking away
to meet the neighbor’s
husband                    Terri Lee Grell

I long for April’s
full creek
minds made up             Eric Folsom

78,000
versions of the sex act
in a drop of water          Larry C. Gross

lubricants
and patience
now that they’re eighty          Jean A. Jorgensen

I drink
till the womb
swells             Judith J. Owens

Not tonight
mosquito, I gave
at the office             Mary Wittry-Mason

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