Through the Year 1A tan-renga collaboration by Amelia Fielden and Michael Dylan Welch. Written 18 July 2011 on the ferry from Sidney, British Columbia to Anacortes, Washington. First published in Red Lights 8:2, June 2012, page 33. Also published in Amelia Fielden’s Conversations in Tanka, Port Adelaide, Australia: Ginninderra Press, 2014, page 110. See “Four Tan-Renga Sets” for additional tan-renga in this series.
twin cherry trees flowered branches entwined like an old myth Amelia
the Norwegian exchange student winks at me Michael
backpacking in shorts and sandals, nose sunburnt Amelia
finally, by the campfire, your best bear growl Michael
day after day raking leaves into piles no time for poetry Amelia
oh, to be Han Shan on a drizzly morning Michael
pewter lake reflecting pewter sky— one black swan Amelia
a fractal frost on the locomotive window Michael
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