Renku, March 2009
World Haiku Review, Volume 7, Issue 1, March 2009
Renku, March 2009
"stirred embers"
Nijuin renku
The five poets are:
Claire Chatelet (sprite), United Kingdom
Moira Richards, South Africa
Karen Cesar, USA
_kala, India
Eiko Yachimoto, Japan
stirred embers
a winter nijuin
winter days -
we dream of becoming
another Chiyo-ni
North Wind dances
with the new tree on the block
in a soot-blackened
hearth, stirred embers
whirling and twirling
the fine whiskers
of a sumi-e cat
***
why split hairs, silly moon
the mountain rose also
has its charms
gran consults the almanach
to replant her salads
icy showers
far more gentle
than the smile on his face
run fast from strangers
offering sweeties, my child
that last piece
of Juicy Fruit gum
stuck to pink sneakers
world thru' her tennis racket
sits in neat squares
***
colorless wind
Blue Fuji floats over
the flood tide
enshrined in mist
the softness of this moon
my son's bride
her wedding saree
a river of stars
I am my beloved’s
and my beloved is mine
housebound
I draw ensô on paper
. . . space appears
a rerun of Narnia
at the local cinema
***
what I love most
about the 'net, she says
is the friends I've found
every five days be sure
to add flour and milk
billowing blossom cloud
she secretly dyes
her homespun threads
riding on air
the first note of a bamboo flute
***
Claire Chatelet (sprite), United Kingdom (v 1, 4, 6, 12, 16)
Moira Richards, South Africa (v 2, 8, 13, 17)
Karen Cesar, USA (v 3, 5, 9, 14, 18 )
_kala, India (v 7, 10, 15, 20)
Eiko Yachimoto, Japan (v 11, 19)