A chain of words and images

black and white
as the hawthorn decked
in spring's apologies

calendar leaves have fluttered
a whole year's worth until now

so the seasons pass
now May blossom fades once more,
summer's heat takes hold

the immanent sun absolves
sins and winters troubles

and butterflies arise
like lifted notes, chimes of light,
ringing and rousing

Leaves tumbled below
Drink in the water dripping.
Bare branches above.

The cat makes its mark
and moves on.

Not what I wanted, really, but AT LEAST I'M TRYING!

I think it's someone else's turn to start one. Come on, the last one was OK. Have a go!

Cold window pattern
Orange glow & leaf shadows
From warm bed watched

Frost forming on outdoor cars
Crunch under shoe, milkman comes.

Predrawn breaths dawn deep
Shape a space inside with ice.
One step, another.

glassy ice on window pane
frosted glass keeps ice outside

Hollow nested fog
Obscures wildflowers, and beasts
Scratchy in the mists.

The mist, like sleep
burns away in the sunshine

Admiring frost ferns
in the bathroom window
morning, I uncurl

Grass, crunching underfoot
cold as cereal in milk

Hi,

I saw this community and was ecstatic. LJ is a fantastic medium for renga. I've been hinting at it my journal (but that's not very effective). However, I'm not Basho and I'm too chicken to start one. And seeing the quiet here I wouldn't know where to pick up. But I'll watch closely :)

Nice to meet you.

The Master may feel free to disagree, but I think a good set of rules are to be found here. So don't forget the moon in verse 19. "the only two indispensable requirements are: respect the dynamic of link and shift; and write with haiku-like texture and economy."

Renga Master him also uses this html (imagine angle brackets where I am using curly): {em}{blockquote} text text text {/blockquote}{/em} to get it all nicely italicised and indented.

The snail moves an inch
The snail moves another inch
Renga Master thinks ...

So?