River Stones – Tan Renga

 

Written for the Carpe Diem Challenge #55  write a Tan Renga.

Tan Renga is a two stanza poem with 5-7-5 and 7-7 syllables (5-7-5-7-7).  Unlike a Tanka written by one poet, Tan Renga is written by two.  Poet One writes the  5-7-5 and Poet Two completes 7-7.

in a desert land
stones from rivers far away
muttering dark tales

[ … ] your stanza ??????

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in a desert land
stones from rivers far away
muttering dark tales
pilgrims and pirates travel
along barrages of woe

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© rgb for “On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea”, 2011 – 2014

(by Haiku writer
Magical Mystical Teacher)

Prompt # 55:
in a desert land
stones from rivers far away
muttering dark tales

[ … ] your stanza ??????