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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 However, links that clearly neglect the hokku poet's guidelines will not be published.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.

 

 


    JUST DAUGHTERS
12 links
theme: family relationships

In the graveyard
a carved stone angel
with my daughter's face      Giselle Maya

grandma in her rocker 
turning clouds into faces    cindy guentherman

"get water from the well"
she said, wanting me
out of the kitchen        GM

mother and son
discuss making pickles     Jean A. Jorgensen

sex education must,
say the educators
begin at home       Jane Reichhold

up on the armoire
kids find the porno mag        JAJ

sticky wings a moth         John M. Bennett

first time for lipstick,
her mouth wider
than her lips       Gene Doty

whispering "no" she turns
a little more red        Werner Reichhold

under my feet
a spring of Spring water
rushes over them     WEG


both eyes
shut at night
I see more WR

 

JUST DAUGHTERS
In the graveyard
a carved stone angel
with my daughter's face Giselle Maya

grandma in her rocker 
turning clouds into faces cindy guentherman

"get water from the well"
she said, wanting me
out of the kitchen GM

mother and son
discuss making pickles Jean A. Jorgensen

sex education must,
say the educators
begin at home Jane Reichhold

up on the armoire
kids find the porno mag JAJ

sticky wings a moth John M. Bennett

first time for lipstick,
her mouth wider
than her lips Gene Doty

whispering "no" she turns
a little more red Werner Reichhold

under my feet
a spring of Spring water
rushes over them      W. Elliot Greig

smoke
billows from the forgotten
skillet                           GD

 

JUST DAUGHTERS
In the graveyard
a carved stone angel
with my daughter's face       Giselle Maya

grandma in her rocker 
turning clouds into faces       cindy guentherman

"get water from the well"
she said, wanting me
out of the kitchen        GM

mother and son
discuss making pickles      Jean A. Jorgensen

sex education must,
say the educators
begin at home        Jane Reichhold

old uncle's eyes slowly
disrobe his niece             Elizabeth St Jacques

out of the closet
so many cases
of family incest        JAJ

his face cut
out of every photo –
family album           Gene Doty

bickering siblings dys-ing each other         Carlos Colón

what’s that you say?
family all scattered?
pity              JAJ

girls walking
14 miles to join
war protesters              Werner Reichhold

the battle continues 
for security                 JR

 

JUST DAUGHTERS
In the graveyard
a carved stone angel
with my daughter's face           Giselle Maya

grandma in her rocker 
turning clouds into faces        cindy guentherman

"get water from the well"
she said, wanting me
out of the kitchen          GM

mother and son
discuss making pickles      Jean A. Jorgensen

sex education must,
say the educators
begin at home Jane Reichhold

up on the armoire
kids find the porno mag       JAJ

sticky wings a moth        John M. Bennett

first time for lipstick,
her mouth wider
than her lips        Gene Doty

whispering "no"
she turns
a little more red           Werner Reichhold

"Yes" might have been easier
but she didn’t love him         JAJ

strong women
raising hell
along with the kids          JR

April of Baghdad
one deep wound
through our faces          WR

 

 

MOST BEAUTIFUL GAME
12 Links Rule: each link is a question; no answers!

What are the rules
for the most beautiful game,
and who can play? Robert Flannery

What are you seeking
when you smile
at strangers? Joyce Sandeen Johnson

Where do we come from
Why are we going? Giselle Maya

what's the joke
about navel seamen? Jane Reichhold

how many syllables
does it take to screw
up a haiku? Carlos Colón

does it come 
from your head
or your gut? cg

How can rain fall
from empty sky?                     RF

Will that be a C cup
or a D? Jean A. Jorgensen


Wasn’t this supposed to stop at 7? CC


Does 12 sound any better? JAJ


Shall we measure it by the yard or by the meter? CC

Can you name the peter?      John M. Bennett

 

MOST BEAUTIFUL GAME
12 Links Rule: each link is a question; no answers!

What are the rules
for the most beautiful game,
and who can play?     Robert Flannery

What are you seeking
when you smile
at strangers?      Joyce Sandeen Johnson

Where do we come from
Why are we going? G    iselle Maya

what's the joke
about navel seamen?    Jane Reichhold

how many syllables
does it take to screw
up a haiku?          Carlos Colón

does it come 
from your head
or your gut?          cindy guentherman

How can rain fall
from empty sky?                             RF

Will that be a C cup
or a D?         Jean A. Jorgensen


Wasn’t this supposed to stop at 7?       CC


Will your poetry be a true salve?    W. Elliot Greig


Whatever cures your itch?         JR


What if an unjust war
mutilates you forever?     Werner Reichhold

 

 

TIME
with 3, 2 liners up to 12 links
Theme: time's length and limits

birds winging south
no speed limit
only time           Joyce Sandeen Johnson

for how long
this dream?          Robert Flannery

clocks changed again –
spring ahead
fall back            Giselle Maya

patches of snow
mound of primulas
in bloom            Jean A. Jorgensen

the tension gone
from his strings
Howdy Doody            Carlos Colón

how many neighbors
don't "Make Room for Daddy" ?    cindy guentherman

behind the screen
on Sullivan’s stage
Elvis writhes      Gene Doty

Bob Dylan
still waiting
in the wings            CC


"A Hard Rain . . ."
how time changed
when the towers fell        Jane Reichhold

Like Harold Lloyd
another hanger-on        CC

name-dropping
the same sounds
come and go          JR

you came the
name the same       John M. Bennett

 

TIME
birds winging south
no speed limit
only time           Joyce Sandeen Johnson

for how long
this dream?            Robert Flannery

clocks changed again –
spring ahead
fall back         Giselle Maya

Nasira waiting for us
at the edge of eternity         Carlos Colón

oh to sit forever
in the warm cradle
of the moon            Elizabeth St Jacques

the thinnest sickle of light
beyond clouds            Gene Doty

sun rise
the curve of a hill
spreads the glow              Jane Reichhold

her breasts’ curve
slopes lower            GD

softer now like water:
swimming       John M. Bennett

out with the tide
one hand not clapping       Werner Reichhold

clung sand
hot napping flat
with the ride           JMB

a pack of cards
becomes the enemy    JR

 

TIME
birds winging south
no speed limit
only time            Joyce Sandeen Johnson

for how long
this dream?          Robert Flannery

clocks changed again –
spring ahead
fall back      Giselle Maya

Nasira waiting for us
at the edge of eternity         Carlos Colón

oh to sit forever
in the warm cradle
of the moon       Elizabeth St Jacques

the thinnest sickle of light
beyond clouds          Gene Doty

sun rise
the curve of a hill
spreads the glow              Jane Reichhold

her breasts’ curve
slopes lower        GD

softer now like water:
swimming         John M. Bennett

out with the tide
one hand not clapping        Werner Reichhold

a few miles out
they want to scuttle
nuclear submarines    Robert Flannery

railway embankments
cleared of underbrush -
house finches gone         GD

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