Welcome to Sherry Grant's
HSA Rengay Workshop
5-5:50pm, Sunday 13 June 2021 EDT
Below are rengay written during this workshop.
Many thanks to the participants that gave permission to share their rengay here.
Rengay 1
Reflections
by Maxianne Berger (Outremont, Quebec, Canada) and Karen Harvey, (Pwllheli, Wales, UK)
empty buckets
at the end of the wharf
chatty fishermen
we build castles made of sand
washed away by the next tide
round-trip
on the island ferry --
honeymoon cruise
yet another
swing around the sun ...
golden wedding
reflections of moon and stars
on our ebbing memories
all is well
at the end of the day
hot chocolate
Rengay 2
Fading Away
by Bryan Rickert (br)
Carolyn Bell (cb)
Sidney Bending (sb)
new graffiti
over the old
light snow - br
he shouldn’t have
touched my lace - cb
daisy chain
under her veil
a pale face - sb
gently together
our fingertips - br
her shawl falls
worn tattoos
fleeing secrets - cb
a letter's signature
illegible - sb
Rengay 3
Fruit Salad
by Jacob Salzer (Vancouver, WA USA)
Wilda Morris (Bolingbrook, IL USA)
Alex Fyffe (Houston, TX USA)
Sunday yogurt
a mountain
of strawberries - js
blueberry salad
the stems - wm
plucking
grape after grape
for my child - af
biting into a ripe cherry
my chocolate dream - js
eating peaches
sweet from the tree
pesticides - wm
watermelon seeds
the salt in my spit - af
Rengay 5
Yet to Meet
by Pippa Phillips
John Stevenson
and Shirley Metzler
fingerprints
under my fingerprints
secondhand book - pp
what we know
about Ötzi - js
stones and amber
reveal more culture
mountain man - sm
lipstick on the bathroom stall
"I was here" - pp
the difference between
swipe left and
swipe right - js
just a friend
I have yet to meet - sm
Rengay 6
Summer Fun
by Susan K. Beard
M.R. Defibaugh
Susan Lee Roberts
ups and downs
the amusement park
merry go round - mrd
children screens
happy days - skb
keeping cool
freshly cut
watermelon - mrd
flute songs float
over giant lotus - slr
thin-fat-thin-fat
mirrors distort
laughter - slr
grandpa
is not amused - skb
Rengay 7
Rainbow Bridge
by Christine L. Villa (USA)
Claire Vogel Camargo (USA)
snow flurries
minute after minute
without her whimper
ashes in the urn
a feather floats by
wet pavement
on my evening walk
licking my wounds
barks
from the rainbow bridge
new friends
an evening star
keeps me company
constellations
we are not really alone
but the loneliness
Rengay 4
Secret Delights
by Adjei Agyei-Baah (aa-b)
Deda Kavanagh (dk)
Jill Lange (jl)
Mark Farrar (mf)
doting mama
hiding meat
under my fufu - aa-b
she secrets quarters
for ice cream sundaes - dk
a new bag
cracking pistachios
all of them - jl
Guylian seashells
melting in the mouth
sticky fingers - mf
nudging the shoreline
summer moon - aa-b
in dim light
crabs socialize...
wave music - dk