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It is a dream to try and write a 50,000-word renga, but that would mean neverending verses! Maybe one of these days, I will be brave enough to take on that journey. For now, I have (and hate) to say that I withdrew from my unofficial annual NaPoWriMo for this month of November even before it started. Traditionally, many writers would be participating in NaNoWriMo, but for me, I'm a poet. Writing a novel is a bit too difficult for me, so I usually do my own November NaPo. Unfortunately, my November NaPo didn't happen as school and life got in the way. Nevertheless, I can always look forward to April's official NaPo in 2010! I can't wait! Interestingly, I guess I can safely say that I didn't ignore November NaPo completely as one of my writing projects was to experiment with a solo renga. I guess November wasn't a lost cause after all.

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*Note: Ignore the parenthetical dates.

November 2009 – Solo Renga #1

(11/01)
white rows of plastic chairs
under the bridge--
church of the poor

scraping the heavens--
dirt underneath fingernails

next to an iris bulb
a little girl buries
a paper doll

laid down
her blue eyes close
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Reading it once again, it was an interesting piece, but I wish I had more time to work on it! Sadly, the last day was the 16th of November. I'm sure it would have ended nicely. I hope you, my dear friends and readers, have enjoyed reading this piece.

This is perhaps my second experimentation with renga with other poets. (My first is over at red Ravine.) Interestingly, putting together a renga over Twitter was quite interesting as it wasn't entirely perfect. However, I'm glad we could work out a few tangles with some of the verses. Overall, it was enjoyable, and I look forward to doing more renga experiments with more poets (not just on Twitter).

I posted the entire 36-verse renga below as to not interrupt the flow. The original source is at the end of this renga. Please enjoy!
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Original post: Morden Haiku.

P.S. Matt & Alastair noted that this #twenkuxp renga was submitted to Alan Summers' 1000-verse renga project! That's a lot of verses!! I can't wait to read the whole thing when it comes out!

More autumn greetings! Here's another monthly update of haiku, senryu, tanka, and other short form poetry for the month of OCTOBER! I've also been experimenting with fragmentary writing (#fraglit) and a renga with several Twitter poets (#twenkuxp).

For those of you who would prefer to get an instant daily update instead, check out my Twitter page on the sidebar. :) Please (re-)enjoy!!
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Paper Cranes

they're like fractals,
these origami cranes--
their wings catch dragonflies
and gold dust at every
autumn sunset.

sometimes i search
for the meaning of peace
while i climb mountains and slide
down valleys,

my fingers smooth each wrinkle
on your face
and tuck you beneath my wings
on rainy days

as we hide in the bat-shadows
of maple trees,
this nest--
a mesh of home and love
and pain.

at the end of the day,
a smile gleams
above the water.

we catch a poem
in the wind and sing our songs
without the hums of cicadas,

but if there are days
when we do not feel like singing
for sorrow or love,
we dip our feet
in the water,
drawing mandalas--
the water ripping pieces
from cumulus clouds
until the night comes when
the moon changes to a pearl.

Autumn greetings! Here's another monthly update of haiku, senryu, tanka, and other short form poetry for the month of SEPTEMBER! For this month, I was also playing with words as you can see with the #collectivenouns (hashtags on Twitter), which are definitely NOT poetry.

For those of you who would prefer to get an instant daily update instead, check out my Twitter page on the sidebar. :) Please (re-)enjoy!!
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