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April-May 2010
T he Full Bloom Renga was created as part of the Full Bloom Festival.
Full Bloom is a new festival celebrating our orchard heritage in
Spring and the wave of blossom as it travels up the country.
The first twelve verses were written on April 25 between 11am – 4pm
at the Full Bloom Festival in the old orchard at Cotehele, Cornwall. The
poets guiding this renga were Paul Conneally and John Hall. There was
a public reading at the end of the day when an eclectic group read the
poem.
The second twelve verses were written on-line in the period between
the two live events with different themes posted up daily. Over 500
contributions came from the UK and across the planet and a new verse
was added each day. The poets who selected the on-line verses were
Sheila Windsor, Martin Lucas and Alec Finlay.
The third twelve verses were created in the orchards at Acorn Bank,
Cumbria on 9 May, 11-4pm guided by Paul Conneally and Linda France.
This was followed by a public reading of the completed renga.
The three poems together create a 36 verse kasen renga – and equally
stand as individual 12 verse Junicho renga.
COTEHELE RENGA
welcomed by coats
summer hats and blossom
checkout girl
asks cider boy for ID
silver paths
the year rests on
apples, a bottle, the moon
in mother orchard
the leaves are falling
caught on a branch
a ladder runs through
her silk tights
leaning
against a bare trunk
ice drips down my neck
25 APRIL 2010
ONLINE RENGA
found one!
In the hollow
A bright blue egg
dancing
lacy silhouettes
across the study walls
hint of purple‐blue
in the leaves
last damson of the season
among daisies
and dandelions
a black and white feather
light drizzle
just enough to annoy the cat
peering in
at a dish of fresh milk
through the window
faces pop up
from behind groomed hedges
the real lakes beyond
my chestnut-swill basket
hand-made in Asturias
grafting
her bleeding thumb
grips the lichen twig
breathing
the same clean air
9 MAY 2010
COTEHELE
Paul Conneally, John Hall,
Camilla Nelson, Karen
Howse, John Benfield,
Victoria Slater, Lucy
Cordrey, Stella Breakwell,
Laura Hetherington
ONLINE
Jo, Cornwall
Anne-Marie, Cornwall
Miriam, Nottingham
Barbara Taylor, Australia
Alan Summers
John, Somerset
Sarah James, Worcs
Simon, Manchester
ACORN BANK
Paul Conneally, Linda
France, Clare Crossman,
Holly Clay, Wallace Heim,
Christo Wallers, Malcolm
Green, Heather Dovaston,
Miriam Keye, Anne-Marie
Culhane