Calibration, or: A rengay
A two-person ‘Rengay’
By Leon and David
lw-flowers underfoot
black earth rendered our perfume
the tear on your cheekdb- supermarket aisle lights buzz
I choose fruit without thinkinglw-days forage for me
a fly settles on my palm
flinches at Spring raindb-traffic lights cycle
no one waits for anyone
green means drift forwardlw- inhaling on the mountain
I return home with a breathdb-she kneels among rows
soil packed beneath her nails
eyes lowered, intent Rengay?
Rengay is a form of linked verse created as an alternative to Japanese renga or renku. The form was devised by Garry Gay in California in 1992. A rengay consists of six thematic haiku verses and is normally composed by two or three poets, although solo and six-person rengay are not uncommon.
This form actually requires a bit of explanation, so I recommend that you read about it HERE.
Let’s write poetry together!
When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
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Ben Harper (b. 1969)
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