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Here is another rengay hot off the press! Heat is the eleventh in our current series of four-person rengay, collaborative poetry.

Heat

(in order of appearance)
by

Lesley Scoble (ls), Matt Snyder (ms),
Melissa Lemay (ml), David Bogomolny (db)

ls:     diaphanous flames
         dance upon the dusty road—
          waves of dreaming ghosts
ms:     scurrilous arguments
           enhanced by the rays of the Sun
ml:     beads of sweat
           upon my brow
           glisten

db:        Dad's  heavy  footsteps 
           fumbling  with  khakis,  panicked
           hard  shutdown,  hasty
ls:        the pressure’s on—time to flee
            pursued by unseen forces
ms:      going at it like rabbits
             our fiery passion
            DAMN IT!! the A.C. broke

ml:       pause in intensity
            of multiplication and
            division homework
db:      Netanya beach vacation
            commitments all abandoned
ls:        aftersun cream soothes
           burning and blistering skin,
                    G&T sundowner

ms:     we grabbed the garden hose
            sprayed each other down 
            best way to get cool, EVER.
ml:      drinking iced tea  extra ice
            sitting in front of the fan
db:     awaken—
             wet;     cool pool     of
                      perspiration


Lesley Scoble, Matt Snyder, Melissa Lemay, and David Bogomolny. August 2024

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

Matt’s Swan Song

We are saying a fond farewell to Matt. The eleventh rengay in this four-person rengay series is Matt’s last rengay with us. We shall no longer be the four musketeers! We are sorry to see him go—but he has fresh adventures to follow.

I wish you well, Matt. Take care, friend.

To discover more about collaborative poetry, head over to David’s site, The Skeptics Kaddish.

Heat, or: A rengay

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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.