Spring Thaw Rubricku
The first stanza of this RubricKu starts with Spring and then the poem works through all the seasons in order. The following is a two dimensional representation of this rubricku showing the linkages between stanzas and other renku aspects:
Spring Thaw Rubricku: October 8, 2006
The central stanza, "easy-bake", is a central component of the poem that links to every other stanza. The seasonal stanzas (hokku) in the corners are haiku I have previously written that have been chosen by various haiku on-line "publications", i.e.:
Spring (picked by Edward Weiss, www.wisteriapress.com):
Several toys
emerge out of the snow...
spring thaw.
Summer (picked by Sondra Ball, www.sondra.net/al/):
Through the clouds
the sun is sharp and clear -
cool on the eyes.
Autumn (picked by Susumu Takiguchi, World Haiku Showcase):
Autumn lawn
more leaf cutting
than grass cutting.
Winter (picked by Serge Tome, www.tempslibres.org/tl/en/cconv.html):
First snowfall...
here is a Christmas card
to be mailed, last year.