Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Green Tea and Bird Song: First Offering



a triparshva
free-form renku





new beginnings
pecking the egg
from the inside

mc

muted birdsong
frost on the window

ws

fresh green tea
having trouble
with the plastic wrap

jm

grand opening
master laughs in the garden

mc

late winter bouquet
fermented rice and
a drunken moon

mc

1000 flowers not enough
let's have a parade

jm

keeping in step
the musician's notes
lost to the wind

ws

a winter breeze
pure white seagull

jm

the crow's silhouette
awaiting my muse
winter's end

ws

awakened late by reggaeton
a moon halo

jm

dem bow gotta beat
but she loves it
on the one

ws

in so deep
i leave the mosquito alone

jm

butterfly
a slight draft breaks my
concentration

ws

each bell another season
passing goats

jm

wind chimes
absolutely still
heart beating faster

ws

no books nor compass
only the kindness of wings

jm

always drifting
no place of my own
follow the moon

ws

seeds in the breeze
sprouts in the compost

mc

message
in a bottle
sea turtle eggs

jm

in an instant
stepping into spring

ws

unbidden snow
one final fling
equinox

ws

honeymoon
a honeycomb of white light

jm

Michelle Chandler, John Merryfield and William Sorlien
March 26, 2009

14 comments:

John Merryfield said...

Willie-

Couldn't reference that writingpoetry.org/sketchbook/ page ??

Thought of this green tea moment this morning...

bandit said...

my bad...
http://poetrywriting.org

John Merryfield said...

sorry for the delay- car trouble on the highway. should we attach our initials to our posts?

bandit said...

Let's see if if mimi hangs in there.

She added a new post with two two-liners-I added them consecutively
with a little adjustment-I thought the ideas flowed nicely, including a summer moon reference.

What the hell, I'll add initials in there. Let's try to keep the 1, 2, 3 pattern going-we can add notes at the end.

Mimi_chan, do you know how to add to a post via the edit post feature?

John Merryfield said...

cool

bandit said...

Might's well keep on marchin'...

John Merryfield said...

Too much liberty? I changed the parade reference... and then jumped in after you Willie. Please edit, toss or advise as you'd like. I bow to Michele for more verses!

bandit said...

if you haven't noticed, I do it all the time.

Michelle's had ample time with this
while posting at the hotel-I don't know what to say...

We're a couple of contractors; if we were on the job we'd be gettin' it done one way or the other.
Of course, its not like I never missed a day or showed up late.
My favorite excuse-
"The dog ate the alarm clock!"

Let's keep rollin' and she can jump in when she overcomes her difficulties or join us on a new effort.

John Merryfield said...

Just discovered the mnemonic birdsong link! Those are all brilliant haiku. I may use the idea for others...

bandit said...

Okay, you stumped me. What's reggaeton? A rasta reference?

bandit said...

Ah ha! I'll have to expand my horizons, though I'm pretty old school myself.

This is more Michelle's territory.
She played drums and bass with the
Marley family band for a while.

bandit said...

all right!
I seen you comin', mimi_chan!

Hon, to post your renku direct,
hit on edit posts next to new post-

Take her away, Johnny...

John Merryfield said...

Willie

Was the last position short verse (two line)or does it not matter? I'll await Michele, then follow.

bandit said...

The ageku is two lines, yes.