A few reminders. Avoid repeating the same noun or verb in the work. Switch subject matter so there are not too many verses
on food or water, etc. Link ONLY to the verse above and not to any other. Observe the distribution of Moon, Flower and Love
verses. Use the words insects and dreams only once in a poem and never use the word woman [I'm not making
this up!] Each link should identify the writer.
For your reference, the type of verse is included in brackets [ ] after each verse.
SP=spring; SU=summer; A=autumn; W=winter; N=non-seasonal or relating to persons
broken, A Spring Renga
between Sharon Dunn and Larry Gross
squeaky spring poem
on the blackboard in white chalk
broken into sections [SP]
atop the garden's fresh loam
an inchworm haults my shovel [SP]
new leaf splashes green
casting a light of its own
against gray clouds [SP]
stray black cat on the porch
one blue eye, one yellow [N]
October rattles
alabaster suns and moons
windchiming her song [A/MOON]
unnoticed in the fall furrow
a cherokee arrowhead [A] [same person writes next link]
skipping pebbles
on cemetery pond
grampa and I [A]
old hands tightly holding on
steering each other's footsteps [N/LOVE]
gazebo wedding
waving them away
two love bugs [N/LOVE]
dancing under paper lights
along with paper-winged moths [N/LOVE]
if they only could
would they pin me up
for mere display [N]
brown bat plucks an easy meal
from sticky spider webbing [N]
behind the willows
spangled across the lake too
lunar fragments [SU / MOON]
honeysuckle climbing high
entangled among the stars [SU]
teenage couple
leaves the park concert
to feel their music [SU]
Hansel and Gretel dreaming
black hen cackles in the dark [N]
april breeze
one azalea blossom sways
my concentration [SP / FLOWER]
mother-to-be takes a walk
scouting for buggy bumpers [SP] [same person writes next link]
on rain-washed driveway
the first one of the season
freshly drawn hopscotch [SP]
the purple mountains
hazy as abstract thought [N]
fishing boat
gently rocks on frog pond
dredging up haiku [N]
crushed cherry creme donut
on the curb by the bakery [N]
hard against the frost
encasing pink eruptions
tiny gray buds [W]
even the sluggish fly
avoids turkey leftovers [W]
wrapped up together
we look like a fat cocoon
in the string hammock [N/LOVE]
cry of the loon at dusk
recalls an absent friend [N/LOVE]
you flash a bright smile
and smooth the crinkled edges
of eternity [N/LOVE]
both scientist and prophet
search the heavens for clues [N]
inscrutable
under a cool silver moon
my mother's face [A / MOON]
with his pinocchio nose
poking the doorbell for treats [A] [same person writes next link]
circling crows
wait for the picker's jaws
to drop more corn [A]
swept away by the west wind
straw footprints on the brick road [N]
first date
behind the glossy menu
he checks his wallet [N]
bag lady rummages
for her trusty alarm clock [N]
red clover
its scent on the breeze
lures a bee [SP / FLOWER]
shattered vase on the sill
chards of crystal rainbows [SP] [relates to #1 and closes work]