The Skeptic's Kaddish 🇮🇱Enemies, or: A rengay
A two-person ‘Rengay’
By Jodi Taube and David Bogomolny
jt-neighbors ride at duskyou can recognise their zeal —
pitchforks in moonlightdb-inside, the tea kettle shrills
we argue over small thingsjt-micro wars take shape
pressured by what lies outside
we both grasp at strawsdb-ants on the counter
swarm an unnoticed, dropped crumb
paths cross, break, reformjt-between harm and hunger
we search for fragile meaningdb-boots grind the gravel
we pause as one, mid-question
something in us turns
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.
A personal note
This rengay feels different to me. It’s the first one I’ve written with a friend I know in person, someone who lives just down the street from me in Jerusalem. That proximity adds a layer of shared space to our collaboration. For me, it seems to echo the poem itself, where the line between inside and outside is never quite stable.
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.
–Ben Harper (b. 1969)Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!
#Alignment #Collaboration #Conflict #Intrusion #Poem #Poetry #Pressure #Rengay #Tension #Threshold #Unease
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