Neverending Chain: Free Renga

[Clayton Beach]

This feature is an ongoing freestyle linked poem, feel free to add the next link, simply repeat only the preceding link and write your response below so they are presented as a linked pair. Use standard principles of link and shift and keep the poem moving! One contribution per poet per day.

Let's get it started with this ku:


star after star--
a few voices join in
beside the old pond

[Hansha Teki]

star after star--
a few voices join in
beside the old pond

words drip drip drip
sounding water's sound

[Clayton Beach]

words drip drip drip
sounding water's sound

another day
the sun gleams off
a single penny

[Don Baird]

another day
the sun gleams off
a single penny

for your thoughts
I'll give you what I have

[Hansha Teki]

for your thoughts
I'll give you what I have

the vacancy
left over from overheard
conversations

[Don Baird]

the vacancy
left over from overheard
conversations

lost whispers weave
the floating world

[Hansha Teki]

lost whispers weave
the floating world

a kaleidoscope
of extraordinary tapestries
reappear

[Clayton Beach]

a kaleidoscope
of extraordinary tapestries
reappear

the raven who stole the moon
borrows a single thread

[Don Baird]

the raven who stole the moon
borrows a single thread

lost and found
my ninja socks
still on vacation

[Hansha Teki]

lost and found
my ninja socks
still on vacation

an ever-attentive presence
crosses the equator

[Dave Read]

an ever-attentive presence
crosses the equator

teeter-totter...
he sets one foot in
each hemisphere

[Hansha Teki]

teeter-totter...
he sets one foot in
each hemisphere

a future genius
steps into the absurd

[Fractled]

a future genius
steps into the absurd

pacing back and forth
with mathematical garb
patterns everywhere

[jshb]

pacing back and forth
with mathematical garb
patterns everywhere

no moon, no sun
reflected in the mirror-birds

[Hansha Teki]

no moon, no sun
reflected in the mirror-birds

the word trail
hopelessly eclipsed
by monoliths