onebreathpoetry

Tag: #rengay

  • HSA Rengay Contest

    Grateful to Haiku Society of America & the Judges Marcyn Del Clements & Seren Fargo for awarding our #rengay “Thirst” 3rd place (tied).

    Billie Dee —you are the best, it was a delight to collaborate and write with you. We made it to the winners list again this year! 💕💕

    JUDGES COMMENTARY:
    Thirst has such delightful images, like a painting from Van Gogh.
    ~Marcyn Del Clements

    Perfect title. Another well-crafted rengay, with satisfying variation between the verses, while staying true to the theme. I don’t know if the title was decided on before or after the rengay itself was written, but it is another perfect example of how important the title is. In this case, it reflects the commonality within the verses, but in an indirect, somewhat subtle fashion. No one verse actually mentioned ‘thirst.’ I also found great satisfaction in this rengay’s employment of so many of the physical senses — from the “papaya’s bitter edge” to “a whiff of afternoon toil.” Wonderfully provocative. Polishing it off so well, it ends with the full and rich imagery of a pregnant tabby lapping from an oxcart rut. Superb.
    ~Seren Fargo

  • Tandem-The Rengay Journal

    Delighted to make a debut in #Tandem- The Rengay Journal Vol. 2, Issue 1 with “Memory Lane” a #rengay written with the great Bryan Rickert. Tandem is a collaborative rengay-only print journal.

    Grateful to the Editors—Marcyn Del Clements, Seren Fargo & (late) Ignatius Fay for the acceptance & publication.

    Many thanks dear Bryan for the opportunity to collaborate with you—it was a great learning experience. Congratulations!🙏💐

  • 2022 HSA Rengay Award

    Friends—many of you messaged me for the award-winning rengay. Here’s our colllaboratine rengay that received the award. It’s up on the HSA website. The commentary by the judge – renowned poet Michael Dylan Welch is fascinating.

    2022 Second Place

    Weavings

    rose-laced dawn
    a young girl sweeping petals
    from the courtyard

    old narrow bed
    our parents sleep entwined

    Ganga ghat
    the barefoot cobbler
    with crossed legs

    a rickshaw puller
    wipes his sweat
    city din

    festival tuk-tuk
    my driver ’s betel-stained teeth

    Vedic chants
    weaving prayers in one thread
    a garland of marigolds

    Billie Dee 1, 3 & 5
    Neena Singh 2, 4, & 6

    A rich cultural context weaves itself into this rengay, adding an exotic flavor for North American readers. The first two verses might at first seem to be possible anywhere, focusing on entwinings. But from the third verse on, readers know we are in India, which makes us reconsider the location of the first two verses. We experience temples, transportation devices, and religious chants, each one further developing the theme of things woven together. The dawn is laced with color, parents wrap themselves together in bed, legs are crossed, the city’s din envelops a sweating worker, teeth are stained, and prayers weave themselves into a garland of flowers. This rengay weaves us into its world.
    ~ Michael Dylan Welch
    (Judge)

    Grateful to the Haiku Society of America and honorable judges Michael & Kristen Lindquist for selecting our rengay. Garry Gay gifted rengay to the world and we are thankful to him. This award is in his honor. 🙏💐💕

  • HSA Rengay Award

    “Weavings” made it to the HSA Rengay Award in honor of Garry Gay! Thrilled & thankful to Billie Dee my rengay partner for the guidance, motivation & collaboration.

    Deeply grateful to the judges & Haiku Society of America for the 2nd place honor bestowed on our collaborative rengay. 🙏💐