The Renga Blog

Entries from October 2006

Twelve Verse Renga

October 17th, 2006 · 19 Comments

This time we’re going to try out a seasonal shift in the renga. We start out with the season we’re in and continue as normal (with or without referencing seasons or seasonal words) for a few verses before we go on to the next season. In a twelve verse renga we’ll change seasons after [...]

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Tags: Poems

Post-Renga Analysis

October 11th, 2006 · 5 Comments

Now that we’ve finished our first renga, it seemed like it would be good idea to sit back and figure out what we’re doing well and what parts need some work.
We had linkage of a verse to the one before it down pretty well. Some of the ones I liked best were [...]

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Tags: Renga Theory

It’s a wrap!

October 9th, 2006 · No Comments

We’ve just finished our first renga! Because of another comment moderation snafu I actually got two endings. I chose one for the official last verse, but make sure you check the comments for the alternate ending because I like them both.

I want to write a more thorough post soon, figuring out [...]

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Tags: Odds and Ends