old chihuahua
what can you teach me
about the dew

all I see are moonsets
spread over the morning field

 

 

(Note: This is a tan renga by Kala Ramesh and Billie Dee)

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Billie Dee

Billie Dee is the former Poet Laureate of the U.S. National Library Service. A retired health care worker, she earned her doctorate at U.C. Irvine, did post-doc training at U.C. San Diego. Although she writes in a variety of forms, her primary focus is Japaniform poetry. A native Californian, she now lives in the Chihuahuan Desert with her family and a betta fish named Ramon. Billie publishes online and off.

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    1. Thanks, Vidya.
      The top verse which is so beautiful is Billie's, and the bottom one is mine.
      My first attempt at tan-renga.
      All thanks to Billie.

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  3. old chihuahua and the dew… very light touch – karumi! . I love how in my mind, the dew drops become moon sets in the waki. Lovely work Billie and Kala

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  4. I just love this – so evocative and gentle. And ambiguous. (Is chihuahua a wise old dog, or a timeless place?). Well done.

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