I’m going to organize a second game on June 1st. It will be a variation on the first game’s rules. Additionally, I’ll change procedures so that
All steps and addressees will be communicated once we begin (meaning you will know who to send your part to as soon as you write it)
No poem will have two parts from the same individual (that was my mistake in the first game)
Stay tuned!
Hell yeah
Game 2: June
It is time for another game of Renga. Maybe I should change the name to something more memorable…or maybe the name will attain memorability through experience.
Each time we play this game, I want to change the rules. This is not only an excuse or me to practice writing poetry. It’s also an excuse for me to practice game design.
June’s Rule
When a player suggests a theme for a poem, they must also attach a list of five words which cannot be used by any writer working with that theme.
Here is an example and my theme for Game 2.
Theme: paper
Censored words:
Once again, supply your own theme and list to enter into Game 2. I will tumble everyone’s names together on 2024-06-09T03:59:00Z.
theme: giraffes
DONT:
Theme: Mostly empty shopping mall.
Banned list: Abandoned, liminal, shopping, mall, empty
Theme: slime
Stop list: goo, muck, ooze, slime, snot
THEME: sand
TABOO: desert, hot/heat, coarse, rough, grain/grains
THEME: vultures
VERBOTEN: beak, feather, wing, carcass, dead/death
Theme: kite
NO: wind, string, sail, taut, spar
Theme: bed-ridden
No: bed, sleep, sick, lonely, pillow
combo breaker!
theme: combos
no: combo, break, chain, score, post
Sneezing, shivering
Walking, sopping — cannot rest
For all things must rise
The pollen is washed away
Tomorrow morning is blessed
The powers that be,
Reign over my sinuses,
For the entire spring.
HELL YEAH
between cups of tea
under old wisteria
three of us once laughed
along with the faint wind chimes
and under warm, dappled sun
the dappled goddess
we all turned to green pigeons
clusters of fragrance
theme: ease
disallowed: comfort, simple, smooth, soft, calm
little hairy imps
bringing mischief & havoc,
capering about
here the milk to acetone
there the woodchuck tinsel-crowned
several months later
the class action lawsuit against
the keebler elves begins
Phew! I think I’ve sent out the correct directions to everyone who is joining game 2. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Pressed pulp tracks your life
Certificates, taxes, debts
Proofs of your burden
or leavings of an undead
metametabolism
face pressed, breathing deep
still memories, dusty books
not all records stink