At Carpe Diem Tan Renga #68, our task is to take Ese’s wonderful hokku and add two lines in approximately 7/7 to create “tan renga” – a sort of “tanka for two”. Here is Ese’s poem:
the endless night
unable to count the stars
in the frozen pond © Ese
Here is our host’s offering:
the endless night
unable to count the stars
in the frozen pond © Ese
it seems so easy to count the stars,
but try to count your blessings © Chèv
And here is my own offering:
the endless night
unable to count the stars
in the frozen pond © Ese
a whisper of snowflakes
stands in for the heavens © Paloma
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Tagged: haiku, night, photo editing, pond, snowflakes, stars, tan renga, Tanka, winter
