Sabaki (lead poet) - Linda Papanicolaou
TRIPARSHVA RENKU - Post 19 SABAKI: L I N D A P A P A N I C O L A O U
POST - 19 Triparshva COMPLETED!
28th JULY 2022
Here is the final version, with some edits for spelling, grammar, and removing repetitive words or usages (as noted in an earlier comment, we had too many prepositional phrases beginning with “of,” so a number of these have been changed for variety. Many thanks to Kala and Firdaus for their input, too.
We plan to publish this in the next haikuKATHA, Issue 10 (August 2022) so we have one more request: If you wish to do so, would you post a paragraph in the comments about your experience in the renku. Your responses are called “kanso” and are published with the renku.
Gruhapravesh
— a 22-verse triparshva renku
housewarming …
all the flavours of summer
on a dining table / Firdaus Parvez
a dozen ripened mangoes
from the neighbour next door / Kala Ramesh
the gleeful shouts
of street kids rolling
a bicycle tyre / Priti Aisola
an airplane through the clouds
in an indigo twilight / Margherita Petriccione
so close
the snow moon
envelops the field / Angiola Inglese
crackling silence as we bend
over the chessboard / Sushama Kapur
caparisoned elephants
raising their trumpets amid
the village prayer beats / Lakshmi Iyer
a pied crested cuckoo
on a telephone wire / Marcie Wessels
after the downpour
she squeezes our clothes
under the banyan tree / Milan Rajkumar
a backlit craving races
into an embrace / Kavita Ratna
those dreams
of my first love
once again / Arvinder Kaur
the merry-go-round horse
stopped on a high note / Robert Kingston
a crick
in the neck
after Sistine Chapel / Sanjukta Asopa
shadows lengthen
this new bite in the air / Sushama Kapur
moonbeams dipping
into a storm drain and a stream
with the same alacrity / Priti Aisola
the whisper of falling leaves
rolls into a pyramid / Amrutha V. Prabhu
trekking on Himalayas
our false selves peel off
in layers / Kala Ramesh
synchronized silhouettes
planting rice in paradise / Kanjini Dev
giggles follow
the ventriloquist’s voice
in the Panchatantra / Lakshmi Iyer
our small garden abuzz
with the day’s anecdotes / Mona Bedi
a bamboo fence
lost
in the magnolia haze / Sanjukta Asopa
this makeshift clothesline
swaying in spring wind / Kanjini Devi
Triparshva – a 22-verse renku was created by Norman Darlington.
Sabaki (lead poet) – Linda Papanicolaou
Renkujin as they appear in the renku.
Firdaus Parvez: vs 1 Kala Ramesh: vs 2 & 17 Priti Aisola: vs 3 & 15 Margherita Petriccione: vs 4 Angiola Inglese: vs 5 Sushama Kapur: vs 6 & 14 Lakshmi Iyer: vs 7 & 19 Marcie Wessels: vs 8 Milan Rajkumar: vs 9 Kavita Ratna: vs 10 Arvinder Kau: vs 11 Robert Kingston: vs 12 Sanjukta Asopa: vs 13 & 21 Amrutha V. Prabhu: vs16 Kanjini Dev: vs 18 & 22 Mona Bedi: vs 20
Gruhapravesh meaning 'Housewarming' in Samskrit, was started on the 2nd of June and completed on the 28th of July 2022 on Triveni Haikai India.
Our first collaborative linked verse – Gruhapravesh was lead by Sabaki, Linda Papanicolaou
SCHEMA:
Side one - Jo
hokku summer
wakiku summer
daisan non season
4 ns
5. winter moon
6 ns
Side 2 - Ha
7 ns
8 monsoon
9 monsoon love
10 ns lv
11 ns lv
12. ns
13 ns
14 autumn
15 au moon
16 autumn
Side 3 - Kyu
17 ns
18 monsoon
19 ns
20 spring
21 sp blossom
22 ageku - sp
I am very grateful to Kala and Linda for the opportunity I had to take part in this group work that has taught me so much. And I am honored to have written one of the lunar verses that was chosen, I did not want to believe it ..... but it was an important stimulus. Thank you again
A magical path: to come together in serenity and lightness, to be guided by a sensitive and expert person like Linda Papanicolaou, guests of an admirable poet like Kala Ramesh, I could not wish for more.
Each step was a milestone, enriched knowledge and skills, by virtue of Linda's patient explanations.
There was also a moment of self-centered satisfaction when a verse of mine was chosen, pure emotion.
A unique experience, which I hope can be repeated. Thank you so much.
Dear Linda, I am neither good at giving praises, nor receiving them. I am making an attempt here to improve :)
I don't have words to capture the beauty of renku. On this day, it is my favorite of all the flavors in haikai. What I love the most about renku are the uncertainty and the spontaneity of the flow. With every verse being added, I was aware, of how less I knew. A heartfelt thanks to the team led by Kala for initiating renku and for giving us an opportunity to sail in it.
renku season at triveni —
one after another, poets join in
catching the scent
While renku is beautiful, a lead poet's ability to manifest the…
Thank you, Kala for initiating renku on Triveni and giving us the opportunity to participate and learn so so much from our wonderful Sabaki, Linda!
Thank you, Linda, for your deep explanations and your selections, as well as the reasons for them. Your words will stay with me. _()_
It was great participating with all the poets and being inspired by each other. Thank you, everyone. :)
Observing keenly, how this Renku has taken shape is an experience I will cherish for the rest of my life. It contains lessons I will keeping going back for - from every step of the process. Most illuminating was role played by Linda, with wisdom and kindness! The camaraderie in this Gruhapravesh gathering was deeply heartwarming and at the same time, nudging one another into nuances that, certainly for me, would have been impossible to attempt alone. Kala, you created this canvas, with care, diligence - holding up such high standards to look up to, and aspire for. Will hold all of these close to my heart and poetry.