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Diane Gilliam, George Ella Lyon, Melva Sue Priddy, and Ruth Thompson

"HOW WE RENSHI “ – POEMS AND CONVERSATION

Time: Sep 29, 2024 03:00 PM Eastern Time

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What is Renshi?
Renshi is a Japanese collaborative poetry practice. The traditional renshi makes its way around a circle of poets. The first poet writes a poem and sends it to the second. The second poet uses the last line of the received poem as their title. And so on around the circle. Each poet is free with regard to rhyme, meter, and other technical, tonal and thematic choices. Our renshi group (George Ella Lyon, Melva Sue Priddy, Ruth Thompson and I) made some changes to the traditional renshi. Rather than one to one to one, each week we all respond to anyone’s poems, and rather than limiting the renshi to "last line becomes title," we respond to content, lift words, borrow a title or a shape – whatever has opened a door for us. We don’t critique in our renshi group. The generative inspiration and the companionship are what matter most to us.
Diane Gilliam

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