These are my responses to Tan Renga Challenges #1654 to #1657. In a Tan Renga, a two-line stanza is written to follow a single given haiku, creating a tanka. Below, each of the given haiku (in blue) is accompanied by the name of its author, followed by my response.
smouldering fireplace
the sweet perfume of burned herbs
loneliness grabs my throat
© Chèvrefeuille
love completely exhausted
leaving nothing but ashes
banana-tree
unworthy to look at
beautiful ugliness
© Yozakura
staying cool within its shade
thankful for its tasty fruit
a dandelion
now and then interrupting
the butterfly’s dream
© Chiyo-Ni
airy white and fragile wings
both dancing on gentle breeze
sunday morning
all the waves in white
kneeling on the beach
© Jane Riechhold
sun shining through ocean spray
seeing beauty in new light
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All of these pieces are amazing! Simply beautiful! 😊
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😀 Thank you.
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Made me smile 🤗 Really well done, my friend!
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Thank you, Jen. 🙂
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😎
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You are so good at these, Ken. The last one is especially beautiful.
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Thank you so much, Merril. That one is my favorite, as well, and where I started – then realizing I should catch up with the challenge.
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Well, clearly we both have good taste. 🙂
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lol
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Your words always give new dimension to the haiku. A full range of emotions here. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe. I hadn’t started the challenge right away because, for me, it takes a certain groove. Hopefully, I can maintain it.
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A beautiful catch-up series, Ken, which expresses a range of images and emotions!
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What an inspired series.
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Thank you, Janice.
These take a certain frame of mind, for me. Writing them together sometimes makes it easier. (Plus a little catch-up!)
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