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Another enjoyable linking and shifting party was had in the always warm and welcoming atmosphere of Leticia and Robert Huber’s home. There were eight of us on hand for the session: Leticia, Jay, Jackie, Tenzing, Carmi, Sarah, Carol, and myself. We wrote five stanzas and Carmi managed to get two successive stanzas accepted into the poem. That’s only happened once before In our group. Jackie did it during our previous kasen renku, A Skein of Old Yarn.

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Our current work, A Butterfly Lands, now has twenty-five stanzas and we’ll be working on #26 when we next meet.

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Below, I’ll paste a copy of what we have so far and after that I’ll attach the updated templates.

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If you see anything that looks amiss, please let me know so that I can make changes.

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Our next meeting will take place at my house again unless one of you would like to offer up your digs for an afternoon of  lively linking and shifting.

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For this month’s meeting it looks as if a Friday afternoon, the 24th, will work for the majority of us.

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That’s a good thing since interested poets who haven’t been able to come on Thursdays now have an opportunity to get into the frey. Please let me know in advance if you’ll be able to come. .

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Without further ado, the first  25 stanzas of A Butterfly Lands (a spring kasen renku)begun on April 22 at the Huber Inn.

Chris, as Sabaki, reads the “rules” and makes everyone comfortable and welcome to the work in progress…

Jay Haskins, Leticia Huber, Carmi Soifer, Jackie Barr, Carol O’Dell, Doris Thurston,Christopher Herold, Karma Tenzing Wangchuk, Jim Kacian

Jackie (first from left), Jay, Karma Tenzing, Christopher, Carmi, Carol, Sarah… Preparing  the beginning…

Carmi and Carol collaborate and share thoughts…

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1 spring  (Jay)

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a butterfly

lands on my sleeve

white picket fence

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2 spring  (Leticia)

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tulips greet us

with open petals

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3 n/s (Jackie)

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entering town

the first thing seen

is the old stone castle

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4 n/s (Carmi)

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a nearby tugboat

passes on the river

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5 autumn moon (Christopher)

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pulled pork

and a moonbeam

to eat it by

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6 autumn (Carmi)

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flashlights catch

the tints of ripe apples

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7 autumn (Doris)

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leaves turn

and twist in the wind

then stick to the window

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8 n/s (Christopher)

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a scratched recording

by Chubby Checker

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9 love  (Jay)

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playing scrabble

was not her idea

of a first date

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10 love  (Jackie)

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he lets her win

again and again

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11 love or n/s  (Carol)

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to complete this quilt

each person will need to make

16 triangles & 14 squares

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12 n/s  (Christopher)

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a meteor burns out

in the stratosphere

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13 summer moon  (Carmi)

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the kids

run through sprinklers

under a wet moon

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14 summer  (Doris)

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a bird shadow

flickers on the wall

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15 n/s  (Jackie)

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feathers fly

when politics are discussed

at the tea party

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16 n/s  (Tenzing)

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the card read “Drink Me”

and she did

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17 spring  (Doris)

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into the air

from the plum tree drifts

spring’s first fragrance

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18 spring  (Carmi)

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we recite the Haggadah

start to finish

19  spring  (Jim)

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April showers

on a well-travelled road

now empy

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20 n/s  (Tenzing)

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balloons all on the floor

the morning after

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21 love  (Carol)

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it was so much fun

getting to know him

she hopes he’ll call again

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22 love  (Jay)

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honeymooning in the Alps

he learns to yodel

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23 n/s  (Carmi)

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the tympani’s sound

carries across the hall

from the auditorium

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24 winter  (Carmi)

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ice forms in clumps

around the rush basket

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25 winter  (Leticia)

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snuggled in their cave

the mother grizzly and her cubs

sleep away

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.Lovely Renku party at Huber’s INN Port Townsend…

The next stanza, #26, should be a two-liner with no seasonal reference. Our balance of topics, subject matter, and grammar is looking pretty good right now, it seems to me, so, in writing your candidate stanzas remember not to use any imagery from the hokku and not to link in any way to the penultimate verse (#24). Although you need to link to #25 in some way, the emphasis in this part of the renku is still on radical shifting. Look at your mandalic universe to see what topics have not been covered as yet. If we’re going to include topics that ought not to be touched upon during the final six stanzas (disease, death, military), we have four more stanzas to consider any such.

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The Port Townsend Renku Poetry Group… Strikes Again!!! : )

On Father’s Day… : )

♥To-day, maybe LIFE will remind you that you only grow up (really) when you have a child… : )

Question: Would you enjoy celebrating the generosity of parenthood?…

Beauty everywhere everytime…

Your arms compared with the morning sun

When you held me

Dad

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Your eyes

Kept me safe

With their serenity

Or with their spark

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Your smile

Confirmed my reason

To be born

Dad

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My harbor

My shelter

My friend

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Dad

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For my Dad (and yours)

By Leticia Huber

June, 18th, 2010

Port Townsend, WA

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To Honor Tenzing’s Poetry… : )

Poetess Marjorie has been seeing poet Tenzing read his HaiKu poems at the Lehani’s Café Poetry readings for months – regretful to always forget the Haiku poem she wrote to honor his poetry…

“No more!”, said Marjorie to herself…and last Friday, brought her poem!!!

That Friday…Tenzing didn’t come!!!

Ha-ha-ha! “The jokes of The Universe”, our group thought.

Then Marjorie’s husband invited me to surprise and honor Tenzing by publishing Marjorie’s HaiKu poem right here in “The Peeps” -for him and YOU to share!!!

Spot on Clarity

Wise words roll off Tenzing’s tongue

Oh music of life

By Marjorie

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Here’s to you in ♫♪ Mother’s Day ♪♫!!!…

You
Who shared
Your
Womb

Just
Out of tender curiosity
To see those
Eyes sparkling
Into your eyes

Transfixed in amazement

It was true

Life could come
Right within you
And Through you
To hold your finger
With its little hand

To see
A haven of shelter
In your smile

To trust
Your love
With
Their
Whole body
And
Life

They declare themselves
Yours
When they are born

They take for granted
You are theirs
As well

All is perfect
In your arms
When you look
And are so smiling

All is more than perfect
At your breast
Sweet with life
Sustaining
Baby

Ah
The joy

Ah
The adventure

And
Baby trusts
And so do you

After all
It’s
Only
A baby

Yet

It
Came through
You
For you
For the sake of you

Blessed mother
Who realizes her blessing

You
Who shared
Your
Womb

Just out of
Tender curiosity
To see those eyes
Sparkling
Into your eyes

By Leticia Huber
In appreciation of Gustavo Huber (who choose me for his mom! : )
Port Townsend, WA
05/09/2010

♥Anita…♥

“ENAMORADA”

Por Anita Sáinz

- Nov. 9 de 1939-

Yo me dejé llevar por tu mirada

Tu mirada atrayente y seductora

Que despertó mi alma adormecida

Cautivada por tí, por tu mirada

Bésame por favor

No digas nada

Guarda el secreto de mi amor

Y llévame contigo enamorada

Anita…

♥Abril 25, 1914 – Marzo 25, 2008♥