A Two-Person ‘Rengay’

By David and Gypsie-Ami

db–poet-warrior
sword dripping with foes’ dark ink
pens mightier words

gaof-words to save broken nations
chaos wrought by one spoiled child

db-borrowed wizard hat
brooms slosh through the marble hall
master still away

gaof-hallways void of life
empty rooms bleached of morals
the king’s throne vacant

db-termites raise earthen towers
authority of mere dust

gaof-poet-warriors 
raise your swords, smite the insects 
let words defeat doom

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Rengay?

Rengay is a form of linked verse created as an alternative to Japanese renga or renku. The form was devised by Garry Gay in California in 1992. A rengay consists of six thematic haiku verses and is normally composed by two or three poets, although solo and six-person rengay are not uncommon. The main goal of rengay is to have a theme that unifies all six verses. The form for two poets is as follows: A-3, B-2, A-3, B-3, A-2, B-3, with the letters representing the poet creating that verse.