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fence is up
pasture ready
solstice
missed the new barn
bigger than a bread box
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The barn is on the right…
I asked where the horses
were going to be kept nice and cozy warm
knowing there’d be a place.
I took the photo from beside the car …
the building faces the driveway
so it HAD to be there
on my arrival half hour before !
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TPOS:
what you walk by but don’t see.
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photo: (c) 2015 Saradunn
photo from the prompt
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tempting waves –
the old boat still needs
a little rest
© Björn Rudberg
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The goal is to write the second stanza of this Tan Renga and make it complete or continue the image by association on themes in the first stanza.
the old boat still needs
a little rest (© Björn Rudberg)
in the backyard, next to the pond,
an old boat overgrown with Ivy (© Chèvrefeuille)
In this example you can see that the second stanza was inspired on the theme of the “old boat” in the first stanza. This was just an example, you can also associate on waves, little, need and so on. The choice is yours.
Here is my attempt to complete this Tan Renga started by Björn:
tempting waves –
the old boat still needs
a little rest (© Björn Rudberg)
an old sailor man with red-stained eyes
grieving for the loss of his boat (© Chèvrefeuille)And now it’s up to you. You don’t have to use the 7-7 syllables count for the second stanza, but feel free to do if you like to. Writing haiku and Tan Renga is fun and has to be free from rules … at least that’s my opinion. Write from your heart and not from your mind … go with the flow and let it inspire you..
“In Flanders Field” by John McCrae:In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.© John McCrae
in a foreign field
the wind still invokes their names
the blood red poppies (c) JRB
the wind still invokes their names
the blood red poppies…..jrb
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The goal of this Tan Renga Challenge
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first stanza (5-7-5): .
life from the sea
shipwrecked on the sand
so many shells (Cathy Tenzo)
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A Tan Renga Challenge is
one person writes
first stanza (5-7-5)
and second person
given to copy and paste.
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Second person writes
inspired second stanza
(7-7)
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at sunrise –
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no words between lovers
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just a kiss
…………………..WabiSabi
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lovers kiss not just a kiss
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sign of “I love you” always
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……………………Sigrid Saradunn
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at sunrise –
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no words between lovers
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just a kiss
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…………………..WabiSabi.
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spring flowers thru winters chill
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sunrise ~ sunset forever
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……………………Sigrid Saradunn
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at sunrise –
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no words between lovers
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just a kiss.
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…………………..WabiSabi
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lovers woo ~ no matter what
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time goes by ~ say “I love you”
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……………………Sigrid Saradunn.
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Apologies to Herman Hupfeld ©
who wrote the words and music to
“As Time Goes By”… I keep humming
the song, as I write my haiku since I
read Wabi Sabi’s start to the challenge.
My memory written as a tribute
to his memorable song.
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