Lap of the Gods: a four-person rengay

August 9, 2024

Lap of the Gods: a four-person rengay

It thrills me to present to you our latest rengay, The Lap of the Gods. It is the eighth in our current series of four-person rengay, collaborative poetry.

Lap of the Gods

by
Melissa Lemay (ml), Matt Snyder (ms),
David Bogomolny (db), and myself (ls),

 
ml:     no sun shines
          between the blinds
          a housefly

ms:     GOD you annoy me, sometimes
            it's all just DARKNESS to you

db:     frenetic dreams dance ~
      aroused by Agrat's allure 
         ~ demons of my seed
  
ls:     mist swirls on the roof
       bats fidget under the eaves
         moonlit shadows stretch

ml:     across the lake -- a bridge
          where there is a giant tree
 
ms:     i climb to great heights
            the vultures encircle me
             their next meal before them

 db:       Lilith reposes 
      as I sacrifice my ~ self
   ~ to the se'irim

ls:     ‘neath the stars of capricorn
          the screeching of a night owl

ml:     the wheel of fortune
           I toss my old tarot cards
           into the trash

ms:      if I roll sevens three times 
            seven once, seven twice...
            Holy Hell would you look at...

db:       ~ finally, the 8th suitor 
         exorcises Ashmedai ~
 
ls:      The fateful night ends,
           tyrant’s grip weakens to dust—
           dawn’s first light brings hope


_{Melissa Lemay, Matt Snyder, David Bogomolny and Lesley Scoble, August 2024}

Thank you David, Melissa and Matt for all the fun of writing rengay with you.

Please visit David’s site, The Skeptics Kaddish to find out more about collaborative poetry.

Lap of the gods, or: A rengay

Lesley lives in the City of London Square Mile. An artist, actor and sculptor (her first ceramic sculpture won the V&A inspired by… Award). Scenic artist & book illustrator, playwright (her musical play, Rapscallion performed in inner city schools and theatre school); TV dancer; Animator and illustrator for TV production. Set up Pinecone Studios Ltd and IIMSI Ltd drama and filmmaking workshops in London – producing award-winning films made by children.