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And renga taught us something
And renga taught us something


About turning our limp tongues.
About tuning our limp tongues.

Revision as of 21:40, 5 March 2008

This is the class poem for Prof. Su's 2008 Senior Poetry Workshop. It is in the form of the Japanese renga: each poet contributes a verse that responds to the previous verse, until a semester-long group poem has been created.

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The Poem

Is it snow or is it rain?

I'm not even sure

the weather wants to decide.


We, in our between season,

will between for a living.


One day, we think we like snow,

Next we just want sun,

But all that comes down is rain.


"日本語 フリ

ー百科事典"


he said, in the other tongue.

Wikipedia

taught us to curse in renga.


And renga taught us something

About tuning our limp tongues.