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Here is another rengay hot off the press! At The Park is the eleventh in our current series of three-person rengay, collaborative poetry.

At The Park: a 3-person rengay

(in order of appearance)
by
Melissa Lemay (ml), David Bogomolny (db)
and yours truly, Lesley Scoble (ls),

ml:     picnic table
          a father sets out lunch
          happy meals

db:     excited pup chases frisbee, which
           d- i- s- a- p- p- e- a- r- s- into woods

ls:      a small boy watches,
          hanging upside down by his knees,
           in a kid's playground

ml:      bubbly blue sky  …pop!
           …pop!   laughter and giggles

db:      girl with leash
        searches     for lost     dog
             around oaks

ls:      blood rushes to the young child’s head,
          he swings off the bar—I see him!


Melissa Lemay, David Bogomolny, Lesley Scoble, August 2024

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My turn came to write my rengay haiku stanza, and by chance, I walked through our local park. I saw a kid dangling from a bar in the playground. My boys, when they were younger, often hung upside down, but never quite like this future trapeze artist! Thus my haiku (and subsequent cartoon) was born.

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

At the park, or: A rengay

My thanks to Melissa and David for allowing me to share in this enjoyable ride of the rengay series.

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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.