Round Renga Round - online book reprint


This is a reprint of the book published in 1990 by AHA Books ISBN: 0-944676-20-0 Library of Congress Number: 90-85708 AHA Books POB 767 Gualala, CA 95445		Round Renga Round Edited by Jane Reichhold



		NIGHT WIND Suezan Aikins Brent Partridge night wind fog billowing through the screen the mountaintop – a pair of crows leave sudden silence rooffull of shuffling starlings evaporate leaves brighten we don't see them change sunset feast halfmoon ripples above pearlescent oysters mosquito tries to penetrate the lamp's misted reflection fragrance of wild honey drifts in the winter wood long tail disappears between rocks particles of drizzle most visible when they hit raindrops not until the door slams sudden hot tears marionette-style the neighborhood whispers echo sure to be noticed – his clothes swinging from the line again the mouse which had been sunning runs away comes back out to watch finally, moonrising in this drop of dew deep in an opal the flicker of a dream white crescent gleams under the babe's long lashes flowers of night, light of winter – plum! black branches snake between dappled depths towering cedars a busy woodpecker digs into centuries in the clouds' movements a rhythm matches my heartbeats Jamaican coffee – bristling cat silhouette in the dregs again the calm of a star still remains sunrise birdsong – spider bellies glow in their webbed nursery shadows angle upward as i emerge from meditation stepping into bubbles – from within budding branches a dove's cooo-cooo another takes up the refrain as though nearly asleep mischievous grins chorus of forbidden words erupts again mind's faster than the mouth – psychic's lips twitch – full moon massage she reads the fears hidden in my belly my imagination and perceptions open to integrate your paintings in another poet's artwork space itself seems to come apart red sun breasts the island the water's edge dance – staying just out of reach scooting sandpipers flutter striped wings in full bloom the rain takes them home – cherry petals wet fingers reveal luminescent roots September 26, 1989 August 8, 1990 Prospect, Nova Scotia, Canada Occidental, California, USA Stanza #5 was previously published in the Haiku Canada Newsletter V:2, 1990.
	TABLE OF CONTENTS How This Book Began FIFTEEN KASEN RENGA Night Wind Suezan Aikins Brent Partridge The Sun's Glitter Francine Porad Suezan Aikins Lightning Flash Suezan Aikins Jane Reichhold Expanding Color Werner. Reichhold Suezan Aikins Deeper into the Dream Francine Porad Brent Partridge In Hand Brent Partridge Jane Reichhold Bridge and Mist Brent Partridge Werner Reichhold Sky Country Jane Reichhold Francine Porad Floating Meadow Werner Reichhold Francine Porad Both Sides Open Jane Reichhold Werner Reichhold White Butterfly Suezan Aikins Charles B. Dickson Touch of a Hand Ruby Spriggs Francine Porad Walking and Writing Brent Partridge Toward the First of Summer Lequita Vance Jane Reichhold Paul O. Williams Spinning Meditation Kenichi Sato Werner Reichhold Who Wrote These Renga? Links within the renga are Copyright © Designated Authors.



		Round Renga Round Copyright © 1990 by AHA Books. All rights reserved. Reprinted as an online book October, 2012 Copyright © Jane Reichhold