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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

    
   
     
     

SKY COUNTRY
Jane Reichhold
Francine Porad

 

                                    two crows land
                                    with the sun on their backs
                                                sky country                  

                                                sand castle
                                                about to be conquered           

                                    beach house
                                    two hundred dollars a day
                                                MasterCharged                       

                                                the maid's industry
                                                my laziness increases 

                                    back and forth
                                    between moonshadows
                                     she goes on mouse-toes                       

                                                eureka!   the cache
                                                of mint truffles                                   

diet day march
both husband and wife
            wearing headsets                                           

            adult education course:
            Because You Think - You Are Fat                               

hypnosis
plus three shots of Novocain
            at the dentist                                                  

            visions of a white bowl
            heaped with snow                                            

a wave of peace
moves down
            through my body                                            

            ripples spread across the pond
            only the rising sun enters                                   

guest from Japan
curiosity
            in common                                                    

            other nights another poet
            moon-viewing parties imported                        

translating
haiku
            two versions of each                                      

            the risqué rendition
            contains more Zen                                           

the Way -
            border
            of red roses                                                    

            drawn with crayons
            catching the light                                              
                                    water drops
                                    a shining radiance
                                                in mist                          

                                                encapsulated world
                                                a photographer's must                       

                                    road
                                    winding around hills
                                                mountain views            

                                                the fertile valley
                                                green clover lucky      

                                    dam project
                                    blocked
                                                by solid citizens            

                                                on the phone
                                                "See you at the polls?"                      

                                    politicians
                                    practicing oral sex
                                                with everyone                          

                                                thumbs down
                                                among other gestures            

                                    autumn storm
                                    blowing around
                                                leaves up skirts            

                                                weathervane spinning
                                                house, well-kept as the barn  

                                    sweeping reforms
                                    frustrated housewives clean
                                                with a new moon                     

                                                highly polished silver
                                                in the earthquake's rubble     

 

hero's hands
eager to help
            the trapped stranger                                      

            on a flight to Radio City
            the deaf-mute from Kansas                                          

how still and fragile
the leafless birch
            shotgun blasts                                                

            white branches cross
            bones loosely arrayed                                      

dim chapel light
lilies
            on the altar                                                    

            a holy shade of blue
            enfolding this planet          

 

                                

May 25, 1989
November 25, 1989

Gualala, California
Mercer Island, Washington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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?

 

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Round Renga Round
Copyright © 1990 by AHA Books.
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Reprinted as an online book
October, 2012

Copyright © Jane Reichhold