Forbidden Seas
6-Link #Rengay ©️ 6/15/26
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Windswept Streets--A rengay-style, linked-verse poem by: Paul David Mena, Nara Moore, & Mark Brigham
12 June 2026

windswept streets
the shadows
play tricks on me

freight train rumble
mountain pine bow

four-day weekend
lawyer with a rose tattoo
hops the train

changing at Jamaica
sunglasses replace bifocals

alley beckons
soft crooning lilt
smiling maiden

a busker singing Fast Car
dreadlocks blow across her face

Harvard Square Station
the cellist begins
a Brahms sonata

sax on the stairs
joins a mournful tune

college recruits pause
ponder probabilities
Harvard or State?

ivy or bittersweet?
the graduate's dilemma

tricks played
not but his gown
sour notes

dollar note blows—from
a guitar case—down Church Street

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[ this poem was developed in a thread initiated by Paul David Mena: https://indieauthors.social/@extraspecialbitter/116728867957641080 ]

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Six-link #rengay by @extraspecialbitter @NaraMoore

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June 19th is Juneteenth. Is anyone interested in participating in a #Rengay poem on the day with the theme #deliverance?

DM me. Slots and format, depending on the number of people, will be posted on the 18th.

Rengay: composed of 6 links of 3-2-3-3-2-3 lines for 2 people, or 3-2-3-2-3-2 for 3 people.
4 people: 8 inks: 3-2-3-2-2-3-2-3

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