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Previously published in various journals. Pamela Miller Ness wrote all nine starting verses, and sent them to me on 1 July 2004, with I wrote the response verses on 2 July 2004, and we made changes to verses 1, 2, and 6 on 13 February 2006.
September roses—
the night we floated
petals in the bath
a ruby-throated hummingbird
tapping at the window
~ ~ ~
rim trail
a stranger passes
at the highest point
glint of evening sun
off a passing jet
~ ~ ~
October sun
a white koi surfaces
among the lilies
a cowboy rides up
on his tricycle
~ ~ ~
another spring
the stain
on mother’s apron
her birthday circled
on the lighthouse calendar
~ ~ ~
New Year’s dawn
a rose flush ascends
Mt. Rainier
my wife tells me
her erotic dream
~ ~ ~
squeezing out
the last dab of toothpaste
New Year’s Day
mother throws out
dad’s ratty slippers
or:
a log tips over
the lip of the falls
~ ~ ~
cold spell
the oatmeal
thickens
you read the comics
without laughing
~ ~ ~
cold snap
tips of the pine
cup the snow
my hands wrapped
around a porcelain teacup
~ ~ ~
museum display
the mobile passes
through its shadow
a cell phone rings
the Ode to Joy
~ ~ ~
But wait, there’s more. The following is an additional tan-renga by Pamela Miller Ness and me, published in Frogpond 27:3, in the autumn of 2004.
decision time
tiny ripples
in the river
a blue eggshell
quivering
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