Wednesday, April 11, 2012

A Renga of Toads

Grace O'Malley over at Imaginary Gardens has urged us to create a renga poem.

The renga is a long Japanese poem, a series of very short verses in an alternating pattern, built by the group. There are links and references scattered within the greater poem, and each verse is related without being repetitive, writes Grace.

I am the fifth person and here is what I've written:


her graceful waves in
a risque spring ballet, legs
kick the silver sky


13 comments:

Susie Clevenger said...

Thanks for giving me such a lovely verse to respond to

Kerry O'Connor said...

Ooh.. I love the ballet legs - a very different thought process may follow on.

Grace O'Malley said...

This is so much fun!!

Margaret said...

silver sky... I really like that. :)

Other Mary said...

Oh, beautiful - I like the rhyme in the middle line.

Maude Lynn said...

Oh, that's pretty!

Brian Miller said...

i live the risque ballet...the words play well off each other...also to kick the sky...nice laurie...

Sherry Blue Sky said...

"kick the silver sky".......wow. Really wonderful! I want to read it all put together, it is going to be great!

Mystic_Mom said...

Lovely images...a true ballet in words.

Laurie Kolp said...

It's so much fun. I will post the complete poem when it is done.

Anonymous said...

this poem creates a pretty visual laurie.

Kay L. Davies said...

Wonderfully done, Laurie. You're right, "silver" is the right word.
K

Jinksy said...

Why do I see a cancan dancer? LOL