with storms behind us we face
twenty twenty-one with hope
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Author Notes
I pray for all the people we lost. I know all the storms are not behind us but there is light at the end of the tunnel. We are losing a lot of people and we will lose more. We face months of fighting the covid virus but we have several vaccinations. President Trump was the worse president in American History and a terrible person, I am happy that in three weeks he will be gone and we will get some normalcy. If we all do our parts by wearing a mask, keeping a distance, avoid large gatherings, and washing our hands ... we can fight this invisible enemy. We can do it!
Renga is a Japanese collaborative poetry form in which poets write alternating verses of 5-7-5 stanzas and 7-7 couplets which are linked in succession by multiple poets. Only the first 5/7/5 is a haiku; the rest 5/7/5 stanzas are only restricted to syllable count. Renga is older than haiku.
Please, if you would like to add a chapter to this book of renga, read these instructions then copy and paste to your author notes. If you need help, please do not hesitate to contact Gypsy Blue Rose.
Steps to Post a Chapter:
click on the ADD CHAPTER icon, located above the review box.
If the last poem is a 5/7/5 stanza, write a 7/7 couplet, if the last poem is a 7/7 couplet write a 5/7/5 stanza. Write about the SAME THEME of the previous chapter but please don't REPEAT words.
Post your poem as usual but it will be part of the book. A copy will go to your portfolio and you keep your reviews.
If you would like to read the previous chapters, scroll up to the top right corner and click on the blue numbers after the word CHAPTER: (1, 2, 3, ... etc)
Thank you very much for reading my poem,
Gypsy
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