The dark autumn night

13 Nov 2013

The dark autumn night

Today’s haiku prompt is actually a tan renga, a form of poetry written by two poets – the first part is a haiku by one poet and the last two lines to complete the poem are by another.

The first three lines of this poem are by Lothar and the last two are my attempt at a completion.

this dark autumn night
the bright stars of milky way
cries of geese above;

below, owlcall through woodland
of leafless, frost-coated trees.

Lothar’s poem didn’t come from nowhere. It was apparently written in response to an earlier haiku prompt. Even something simple like a haiku can develop a history.

Posted in Blog challenges and sharing, Poetry and tagged autumn, Carpe Diem, haiku challenge, tan renga

18 thoughts on “The dark autumn night”

Francina on November 14, 2013 at 4:28 pm said:

beautiful done! I love the set. This reminds me of the days I would write Re nga’s with other poets .
groetjes Francina

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- E A M Harris on November 15, 2013 at 12:51 pm said:
  
  Thank you for your comment. I’m glad you enjoyed it. Did you write with them in the same place at the same time? That must be a very powerful experience.
  
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  - Francina on November 17, 2013 at 6:06 am said:
    
    It was a great experience. We did this in a poetry forum, we would form a group of six poets and divide set 36 links among each other. So we all knew when are turn was. I have done a duet renga too with one of the poets. It is posted on my blog in the TCU galery. I love haiku -:) Difficult to master though.
    
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  - E A M Harris on November 24, 2013 at 6:12 pm said:
    
    It sounds like a powerful but difficult thing to do. Thank you for describing it. I couldn’t find your duet on you site, but enjoyed reading some of your poems anyway.
    
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  - Francina on November 24, 2013 at 6:37 pm said:
    
    thank you! It’s difficult but the theme of the Renga helps… I’m sorry. I should have done that right away. This is the link to the page http://seasonspoetry.com/2012/01/19/two-paddles-on-the-river/
    groetjes, Francina
    
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  - E A M Harris on November 25, 2013 at 5:34 pm said:
    
    Thank you so much for the link. I loved the poem.
    
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Sun on November 14, 2013 at 3:44 pm said:

i feel a winter chill coming on and a wonderful completion. thanks.

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- E A M Harris on November 15, 2013 at 12:52 pm said:
  
  Thank you for your comment. I’m glad you liked it.
  
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Chèvrefeuille on November 14, 2013 at 11:25 am said:

Beautifully done

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- E A M Harris on November 15, 2013 at 12:52 pm said:
  
  Thank you.
  
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silentlyheardonce on November 14, 2013 at 3:43 am said:

You two lines are excellent additions.

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- E A M Harris on November 15, 2013 at 12:53 pm said:
  
  Thank you; you are so kind.
  
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WabiSabi on November 14, 2013 at 1:09 am said:

Lovely completion….I was especially delighted by the owl

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- E A M Harris on November 15, 2013 at 12:54 pm said:
  
  Thank you. I’m rather fond of owls, they seem very expressive and they are beautiful.
  
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jazzbumpa on November 13, 2013 at 11:26 pm said:

You took it from fall into winter.
Brrr.

Cheers!
JzB

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- E A M Harris on November 15, 2013 at 12:55 pm said:
  
  Thank you for your comment. I love the look of frost so I hope the poem’s coldness is beautiful.
  
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Björn Rudberg (brudberg) on November 13, 2013 at 9:01 pm said:

A great completion… Owls belong in the woodland..

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- E A M Harris on November 15, 2013 at 12:55 pm said:
  
  Thank you so much for your comment.
  
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