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 However, links that clearly neglect the hokku poet's guidelines will not be published.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

 

 


    SPOTTED OWL
endangered species with 10 links
Started: Autumn, 1989 Finished: Autumn, 1993

blending
into the woodwork
Spotted Owl           Terri Lee Grell

Giant Pandas
pile up in the corner                Penny Crosby

red squirrels heaven
the observatory road
closed to the public                  Celeste Fannin

FAX: "game warden
opens blast zone
to lynx hunters"              TLG

quick thinking rhymers
with red eyes
zero in on lynx line              Judith J.Owens

Party lines
Clothes line
No more backfence chitchat               Steven K. Doyle

quilting bees
barn raisers forming line
at food bank               JJO

barn swallows confused
humans living in the old loft               Mary Wittry-Mason

the eagle feather
spiraling down through
a dusty shaft of light               Eric Folsom

vanished forever
precious only
to those who remember            Carol Stroh Kemp

less and less
the sound of frogs           Jean A. Jorgensen

 

SPOTTED OWL
blending
into the woodwork
Spotted Owl              Terri Lee Grell

loggers win
women who love too much
don't count              Jane Reichhold

Long-Johns dripping
on the outside
clothesline               Pat Shelley

renewing their vows
grandparents married
for fifty years           Jean A. Jorgensen

old wringer washer
rusty and dented forlorn
in the tall grass             LAS

mountain road
the pungency
of bruised shrubbery        PS

last stand
of West Coast giants
"selective logging" JAJ

unemployed workers
standing in line
to hear logger poets       TLG

he sighs
in an age of media where are
` the "freethinkers?"             Mary Wittry-Mason

tomorrow's seeds
scattered lovingly
in little magazines David Rice

 

 

SPOTTED OWL
blending
into the woodwork
Spotted Owl                  Terri Lee Grell

Giant Pandas
pile up in the corner           Penny Crosby

red squirrels heaven
the observatory road
closed to the public             Celeste Fannin

comebacks
too late for now
the carrier pigeon          Jean A. Jorgensen

croaking toads
silence surrounds
the lake                    Bambi Lyn Walker

returning
mallard and I surprised
restored wetlands              Mary Wittry-Mason

falcons diving
under the bridge
surprise!                  KS

desert rivers laugh
winter rains
flowers wild              Celeste Fannin

another drought year
cotton farmers
still want their water              David Rice

stills, sheriff? oh yes,
they're gone from the hills                  Larry Gross

 

 

 

CHERRY NOW
18 one-line links
Each must be a literary quotation and refer to / imply color
Started: Winter, 1992 Discontinued: Summer, 1993

The cherry now is hung with bloom           Larry C. Gross

by thunders of white silence             Mary Wittry-Mason

 

 

CHERRY NOW
The cherry now is hung with bloom            Larry C. Gross

O my luv’s like a red, red rose            Ken C. Leibman

 

 

CHERRY NOW
The cherry now is hung with bloom         Larry C. Gross

wait for the moon to rise red and heavy          Eric Folsom

 

 

COBWEB’S LACE
Free renga of 15 links.

Started: Finished: Summer, 1993

cobwebs lace
the attic door
a sound                    Terri Lee Grell

creaking
nothing               Jane Reichhold

slowly
light bleeds
through a crack                  TLG

your lover's ghost
just walked in              Tundra Wind

once more
for a while
menage a trois             Ken C. Leibman

enjoying life
the French way
pour the wine               JR

in the east light
one big luscious yellow rose
unfolding                 Celeste Fannin

a wave of hand
applauding the miracle             JR

clop, clop of feet
before the manger
impatient mules            Larry C. Gross

his bleeding body draped
across his mother's lap
bullets on the street               Mary Wittry-Mason

crack in the sidewalk;
too late the sirens          KCL

tips of telephone poles
painted pink
tonight's first star                  CF

when called by a panther
inspect her trousseau                 LCG

 

 

COBWEB’S LACE
cobwebs lace
the attic door
a sound              Terri Lee Grell

creaking
nothing            Jane Reichhold

slowly
light bleeds
through a crack             TLG

your lover's ghost
just walked in          Tundra Wind

once more
for a while
menage a trois              Ken C. Leibman

enjoying life
the French way
pour the wine           JR

in the east light
one big luscious yellow rose
unfolding                  Celeste Fannin

a wave of hand
applauding the miracle              JR

clop, clop of feet
before the manger
impatient mules             Larry C. Gross

his bleeding body draped
across his mother's lap
bullets on the street             Mary Wittry-Mason

she refuses to move
street lights go out              David Rice

morning sun
rainbows on
the pools of motor oil               Mary Wittry-Mason

the bride wore white
rosebuds staining blood red            Jean A. Jorgensen

pulling the thorn from my hand             MWM

  

 

COBWEB’S LACE
cobwebs lace
the attic door
a sound                         Terri Lee Grell

creaking
nothing                 Jane Reichhold

slowly
light bleeds
through a crack            TLG

your lover's ghost
just walked in          Tundra Wind

once more
for a while
menage a trois       Ken C. Leibman

enjoying life
the French way
pour the wine            JR

in the east light
one big luscious yellow rose
unfolding             Celeste Fannin

a wave of hand
applauding the miracle         JR

clop, clop of feet
before the manger
impatient mules             Larry C. Gross

his bleeding body draped
across his mother's lap
bullets on the street           Mary Wittry-Mason

she refuses to move
street lights go out               David Rice

morning sun
rainbows on
the pools of motor oil           Mary Wittry-Mason

the bride wore white
rosebuds staining blood red      Jean A. Jorgensen

the biggest diamond stud
in the middle of his tie                Eric Folsom

 

COBWEB’S LACE
cobwebs lace
the attic door
a sound            Terri Lee Grell

creaking
nothing                  Jane Reichhold

slowly
light bleeds
through a crack              TLG

your lover's ghost
just walked in              Tundra Wind

once more
for a while
menage a trois               Ken C. Leibman

enjoying life
the French way
pour the wine        JR

in the east light
one big luscious yellow rose
unfolding                  Celeste Fannin

a wave of hand
applauding the miracle            JR

clop, clop of feet
before the manger
impatient mules        Larry C. Gross

his bleeding body draped
across his mother's lap
bullets on the street           Mary Wittry-Mason

she refuses to move
street lights go out         David Rice

daffodil cups
raised to the rain,
more nails please             Judith J. Owens

the crucifix
he wears on a chain              Jean A. Jorgensen

virginity lost
at Charing Cross
he swears          LCG

the couple
takes separate rooms
on the wedding eve               KCL

 

COBWEB’S LACE
cobwebs lace
the attic door
a sound                Terri Lee Grell

creaking
nothing Jane                  Reichhold

slowly
light bleeds
through a crack                   TLG

your lover's ghost
just walked in              Tundra Wind

once more
for a while
menage a trois            Ken C. Leibman

enjoying life
the French way
pour the wine                JR

in the east light
one big luscious yellow rose
unfolding                 Celeste Fannin

a wave of hand
applauding the miracle            JR

clop, clop of feet
before the manger
impatient mules              Larry C. Gross

his bleeding body draped
across his mother's lap
bullets on the street              Mary Wittry-Mason

she refuses to move
street lights go out              David Rice

daffodil cups
raised to the rain,
more nails please       Judith J. Owens

the crucifix
he wears on a chain              Jean A. Jorgensen

grandpa's silver beads
"for courage"             MWM

rows
of teddy bears
jars of honey                 David Rice

 

 

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