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The following renku, led by Marshall Hryciuk, was written at the 2017 Haiku North America conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Marshall published it as a trifold with his Imago Press Publications on an unspecified date, most likely in late 2018 or at the latest in January 2019. I have left-justified all the verses to standardize a variety of creative indents that Marshall had added to the trifold.
monarchs pick up
on the slightest breeze
distant clouds Marshall Hryciuk
a new notebook
left on the playground slide Jacquie Pearce
slipping out
from the foothills
daylight moon Karen Sohne
the teepee
stands empty Bill Mann
ebbtide
sea glass
and strawberries Lynne Jambour
on her cheek
a heart-shaped birthmark Maxianne Berger
the ghost of Abiquiu
wanders around the cliffs
looking for her adobe Patricia Machmiller
this gingerbread shutter
sure is tasty David Lanoue
half-furled leaf
a fox shakes
its wet paws Tanya MacDonald
pine candles
a lighter green Michael Dylan Welch
the crew
mopping the deck
sings Waltzing Matilda Patricia
the scarecrow bends
over backwards Jennifer Sutherland
sliver of moon
and a single star
rustling cornstalks Ruth Powell
Siri, the new backseat driver
“Proceed to the route” Linda Weir
the lawnmower
still standing
in tall grass Garry Gay
a Wilson’s Warbler
arrives with a flourish deb koen
my old wheelbarrow
filled to the brim
with daffodils Michael
our credit at risk
with the Equifax hack Deborah P Kolodji
Japanese kids learn
duck and cover
another Kim missile Kris Moon (Kondo)
typhoons race
through the alphabet kjmunro
my grandfather’s
alligator suitcases
Havana nights Linda
when we met
she wasn’t gluten-free Ana Kondo
the wrong guy
winks back
red exit sign Yvette Kolodji
deep snow
covers her tracks Jeff Hoagland
curled up
before the fire
rereading From Ice to Ashes kj
the groundhog’s appearance
eagerly awaited Agnes Eva Savich
oyster night
the warmth of her face
against my own Lenard D. Moore
teenagers roll pumpkins down the hill
cops look away Jill Lange
momiji shadows
lit by the moon
legalization dance Ana
sand not made
into a castle yet Agnes
jellyfish
and i
talk about the sunset Fay Aoyagi
mirror twins
toast each other Karen
fresh morels
the way they roll
across the tongue Jeff
around the maypole
in wheelchairs Michael
toddler waddles
through the tunnel
of wisteria Kris
the 105-year-old man
flies his handmade kite Deborah
Begun at 9:45 p.m. Friday, September 15th [2017] in the highly decorous Amaya Restaurant of the Santa Fe Hotel during the Haiku North America conference being held in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Completed amid much cheer at 1:11 a.m. that Saturday morning.
Led by Marshall Hryciuk with a welcome assist from Kris Moon (Kondo).
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