the tiniest pebble

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A Triparsva renku ~ In Progress

an overcast morning
the tiniest pebble
has a voice / john



your words mingle
with the sound of rain / sandra



above the cottage door,
my fingers probing
for a key / linda



the scent of memory
lies in weathered wood / willie



the frozen moon,
a dullish gleam
in grandfather's eye / takke



but for a yearling's breath
stillness holds the dawn / willie

 

A new linked verse poem is in progress at
Green Tea and Bird Song



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Bristlecone: a nouveau renku

Bristlecone




bristlecone pines,
they straddle two dimensions
- mountain wind

... gendai



opening the stone,
a sapling sprung forth

... shasei



a red wheelbarrow
leans against the fence,
its tyre deflating

... cultural: literature



how many tassels has
a cardinal's galero?

... cultural: religion



la bella luna
shares a doorway
with the mourning dove

... cultural: music



planting daisies
how pale my hands!

... shasei



disturbed
beneath the wrack and mire,
turtles all the way down

... gendai



only Poseidon’s trident
was found washed ashore

... cultural: art



so auspicious!
her three-faced Buddha
recovered from the storm

... shasei



in the eyes of a stranger
an old lover's gaze

... shasei



at first I laugh
and then I cry
watching the city lights

... cultural: film



from the executive suite -
tents in Zucotti

... cultural: politics



pigeons in pinstripes
scatting across
the canvas squares

... gendai



does it shine, also
on the Sea of Tranquility?

... cultural: music



a Psychic sign
in the palm reader's window
only half-lit

... cultural: religion



the station agent
fresh out of tickets to sell

... cultural: film



high up above
an Escher-like grid
of powerlines

... cultural: art



a radio voice
talks about the blue jay sky

... cultural: politics



crackle, crackle . . .
a rumpless hen's eggs sizzle
away the day

... shasei



the scent of cilantro
from my old umbrella

... gendai



inside the volume
of Van Gogh's letters,
one pressed flower

... cultural: literature



we vow to meet again
to view the meteor display

... shasei







willie, willie, sandra, vida, pat, sandra, willie, vida, p.a., pat, vida, pat, barbara, sandra, pat, willie, ashley, pat, barbara, vida, sandra, vida





Categories of Topics

(4x) - gendai
(6x) - shasei
(2x) - literature
(2x) - art
(2x) - religion
(2x) - music
(2x) - politics
(2x) - film



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