I'm clearing off old emails and found this:
"green dragonflies"
(composed in bed, Monday morning, Aug. 3/09)
cliche frog
plops into
Master Thay's pond
ZenRiver Gardens
summer plump
with mushroom tents
much summer rain
the river's voices
louder this year
from poem to poem
guests wander the sumac maze
oldest camper
alone enjoys
millpond currents
while poets compose
river voices refuse
to slow down
courtly renku
even Basho's rules
slowly relax
below the flet*
green dragonflies flit
above lily pads
*an elven tree stand platform
beautiful guests
iridescently robed
serve drinks
fresh peaches
fine hairs invite
the bite
the hermit's beard
can't hide the smile
for his new girlfriend
2 crows caw thru:
another dam poetry reading
mushroom tents packed
into beetling cars
our guests depart
party over
drunken haijin wane
sober full moon
I think this pic is by Pearl Pirie
Many thanks to all who made The Purdy Country Literary Festival 2009 so much fun! Special thanks to Terry Ann & Claudia, our renku masters. & everyone who brought food for the potluck : )
POETRY POWER!
peace,
Chris/cricket & Chase (woof! woof!)
p.s. Hidden Brook Press's Purdy antho. AND LEFT A PLACE TO STAND ON is destined to become a classic in the emerging canon of Canadian People's Poetry. Congratulations to all the editors and contributors.
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