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BOOK OF RENGA POEMS

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Renga is a collective poets Japanese poem

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Comment from karenina
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You nailed this as though you live in my neck of the woods! It's pretty much a white out from Christmas to mid-March....

Nature can be hazardous to your health!

Karenina

 Comment Written 25-Dec-2024


reply by the author on 25-Dec-2024
    I have never seen snow in Texas, Occasionally slush. Many traffic accidents. Haven't seen that since 2002.
    We rarely get lower than 50. But we can get pretty hot. Thanks for he review. Karen
reply by karenina on 26-Dec-2024
    Come visit New England! We'd make the local paper if we did snow angels at the park!

    :)
Comment from Brenda Strauser
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Hi Karen. This was me 20 years ago. I fell.on the ice and broke my leg. In a cast for 3 months. Nice picture. I like the words you used. Very nice job.

 Comment Written 16-Dec-2024


reply by the author on 16-Dec-2024
    Thanks so much. I walk very slow. And if it is wet. I don't go at all. Karen
Comment from Sanku
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YeaH especially after reading that Marylin slipped on ice, this is danger waiting to happen . This would be common in winter? Well said, Karen and nicely presented too.

 Comment Written 12-Dec-2024


reply by the author on 12-Dec-2024
    I appreciate the read. We don't get snow here hardly ever. But the cold is not my friend. Be careful out there. Karen
Comment from ESOSTINE
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This is well thought after poem, highlighting the danger snow poses to road users. We hope and pray no one is hurt and there will be no need for the bandages. Smiles. Thanks so much for sharing your work. Well delivered

 Comment Written 12-Dec-2024


reply by the author on 12-Dec-2024
    You are welcome. Thanks for the read. be careful out there. We rarely get any snow. But we can get slush and slick side walks. Karen
Comment from Gypsy Blue Rose
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Nice chapter for our renga book. Thank you for participating. The syllabus count is off

5 White is all I see (white is all i see)
6 Catastrophes await (ca-tas-tro-phes a-wait)
4 Bandages nearby (band-ages near-by)

Good link to the previous stanza. Nice presentation and word imagery.

Gypsy


 Comment Written 11-Dec-2024


reply by the author on 11-Dec-2024
    Thanks for the read and Edit. I fixed them

    White is all I see
    Catastrophes lie in wait
    Bandages nearby (ban-da-ges) Karen
reply by Gypsy Blue Rose on 12-Dec-2024
    Yes, I read it with edits, it's 👍 good
Comment from Ric Myworld
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Yep, if I hear one more person talk about how beautiful snow is, I think I'll scream. I mean, what's pretty about cold weather's shaved ice, so wet and causing us to be miserable and butt our you-know-whats. Thanks for sharing.

 Comment Written 11-Dec-2024


reply by the author on 11-Dec-2024
    I do not like cold, or more to the point, it does not like me. Thanks for the read, Handsome. Karen
Comment from Cecilia A Heiskary
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Karen,

What a great poem about that nasty snow and ice. The picture is perfect. I can't tell you how many times I have biffed it on the ice when I lived in snowy states. It wasn't fun.

Cecilia

 Comment Written 11-Dec-2024


reply by the author on 11-Dec-2024
    Well, we rarely get snow in Texas. But, we do get slush, and slick sidewalks. Thanks for the read. Karen
reply by Cecilia A Heiskary on 11-Dec-2024
    Karen,

    The six years I have lived here we get at least one ice or snow event and people freak out. I grew up in Upstate NY so I'm no stranger to that crappy white stuff.

    Cecilia
reply by the author on 11-Dec-2024
    I don't like cold and cold don'y like me. I like 70%. That is perfect. Karen
Comment from Begin Again
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Good morning, Karen! I can see by the picture that it is White Out, but the first words that crossed this feeble mind were "WIPE OUT." LOL, and then the thought of aching bones when he hit the ground. Good one!
Smiles, Carol

 Comment Written 11-Dec-2024


reply by the author on 11-Dec-2024
    That occurred to me too! I thought I was all clever. Thanks for the read. karen
Comment from Carol Hillebrenner
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Good poem to go with a picture that is too well-remembered. Doctor dug gravel out of my left knee in the ER and a piece still pops out now and then.

 Comment Written 10-Dec-2024


reply by the author on 11-Dec-2024
    I fell on my right knee a couple months ago. On the concrete steps. My knee still itches from the healed up scab, which no longer exists. I doctored myself up.
    I could feel nothing was broken, so why wait endlessly on an Er? The cold is not our friend. Karen
Comment from kahpot
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Ha! I hope the bandages are nearby, anyone who takes the slippery path is going to need some, a wonderful addition to the renga book, very well written and presented****kahpot

 Comment Written 10-Dec-2024


reply by the author on 10-Dec-2024
    Thank you so much. I enjoyed the work. Karem