Rengay is collaborative poetry written by two or three poets alternating three-line and two-line haiku or haiku-like verses in a six-verse thematic form. In 1992, Garry Gay of California invented rengay, naming the form by combining his last name with "renga," the centuries-old Japanese tradition of linked verse.
“Professed”
Richard L. Matta / Deborah Burke Henderson
green living
back for a fourth
refill cup
losing our way
carbon footprints
tree clearing
the one evergreen
phone tower
electric car…
a fast-food bag flying
out the window
compost pile
shredded rengay drafts
recycling
the intermixing
in the garbage truck
[Published in Frameless Sky, a video poetry journal online. The theme was "caring for our planet."]