If you remember from my post written on the Yoyoshi “White Dusted Meadow” renga party began on January 24th. Our goal is to create a yoyoshi with 44 links for fun and as a learning exercise. Historically the Japanese often held renga meetings with the goal of creating collective poems which is what renga are. We’re in 17 writing this collective poem.
And here’s were we’ve gotten so far!
the hokku:
white dusted meadow
remembering spring’s glory
tufts of pampas grass
© Georgia (a.k.a. Bastet)
crystals and flakes a jigsaw
blanket covering earth’s green
puzzle of colors scatters
-Balloons depart
cleansing breath of mountain air
full moon shines
through barren tree branches
twisted shadows
one cricket, creeping
among the browning grasses
by lamplight
in front of the frosted window
ignoring our reading
the cricket asks for the dawn
in sweet tones of love for you
