Renku a traditional form of Japanese poetry of linked verse composed of the collaboration of 2 or more poets. Each participant displays his wit by spontaneously composing of a verse in response to the verse that came before. Wikepidia
Organized by David Lanoue professor of English Literature at Zavier University of Louisiana
barren branches
reach for the sky –
clouds open /Genie
“What Child is This”
from the trumpet next door /Nicholas
asleep on the doormat
the puppy moves paws
as if swimming /Veni
the mail is late again
in New Orleans /Juliet
one month
rings two moons
over the glistening river /Nancy
the diamond engagement ring
hidden in a walnut /David
restless again
you decide to leave
in autumn wind
first mother-daughter trip
to the OB-GYN /Nicholus
on the screen
of memory
my oldest pencil drawing/Veni
Trump loses the election
for the thirteenth time /Jennifer
through the vacation
the curing sun
empties Zoom classes /Nancy
a chili cheese hotdog
beneath a hungry ghost moon /David
in a paper bag
I carry shochu
to the library /Genie
an inscription on the title page
below the lipstick kiss /Nicolous
blind date again
he recalls every lesson
waiting in the dark /Veni
a dream of a Beatles song
woven into my mind /Jennifer
good exchanges
without masks
futures to imagine /Nancy
looking in the mirror
spring is here /Genie
the budding photographer
ask the blossoms
to smile /Nicolous
waking bees make a second crown
for the plum tree /David
Genie Nakano 