Renga is a longer poem alternating three and two line stanzas. Sue and I collaborated on this one. She wrote the haiku and I did the couplets following. She used the 5, 7, 5 syllabus pace and I used 7 for each line. We decided to write this so each couplet is related to the previous haiku, and the entire poem shares a theme. The final stanza completes the poem and the circle. Sue’s blog, An Artist’s Path, is here.
The Poetry of Art
By: Bill Reynolds & Sue Viseth
’tis a fickle thing
the words in verse, prose, and rhyme
chosen over time
feel the beat and tap those feet
catch the bop and keep the time
poetry is song
music from the heart and soul
sing it to the world
poet’s voice is here, voice is there
voices writ in blood and bone
no word writ in stone
rather, molded from the clay
poets turn the wheel
words are medium on wheels
the quill a master’s pallet
the artist within
molds the clay and sings the songs
a poem is born
something deeper than the poet
the words take form and art is
share art with the world
come together and create
poets live forever
Look both ways for poets and poetry,
but mind all the gaps.
Our Literary Journey 
Thanks for the opportunity to work on this with you. I learned a new poetic form and really enjoyed the process!
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“Bill,” says she, “you ought to write poetry.” Thanks for doing this with me, and for pointing to the path of verse.
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That was a lovely poem! I love the idea of shared poetry. My husband and I did some together on our honeymoon a few years ago, which was fun. I haven’t read anyone else’s shared works, though. Beautiful. Thanks.
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Thank you. The one with my daughter (C-collaboration) was fun too.
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I’ll check it out!
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I love the first two stanzas — good stuff 🙂
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