Three Tan-renga from “Tanka Day”
First published in the Tanka Society of America Newsletter 4:3, September 2003, pages 13–14. These tan-renga were written on 30 June 2003, at the Tanka Society of America’s “Tanka Day,” at which I led a lunchtime exercise where I invited everyone present to write tan-renga with one or more partners. The following are three tan-renga to which I contributed.
She keeps trying
to cross the street, mother
with two toddlers—
Penny Harter
The Age of Innocence
falls from her diaper bag
Michael Dylan Welch
~ ~ ~
there is time
for one more
question
John Stevenson
do I dare
disturb the universe?
Michael Dylan Welch
~ ~ ~
long business lunch—
I lick the fork again
for a faint taste of blueberries
Michael Dylan Welch
the deal is sealed
with our handshake
John Stevenson