Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Forgetting My Dreams

 —Poetry by Christina Chin, Malaysia, and 
Jerome Berglund, Minneapolis, MN
—Public Domain Photos
 
 
SEVEN TAN-RENGA
—Christina Chin (plain text) and 
Jerome Berglund (italics)

passing a vendor
bamboo clapper
banana fritters

when I sleep in
always forget my dreams


* * *

cut banana leaves
in demand
south Indian restaurant

before battle
ingesting fly agaric
 
 
 
 

classical aspect ratio’s
rather square
artichokes flowering

loosening the compact soil
chinchilla manure


* * *

blowing out candles
when the guest leaves
passover

the sober
teetotaller
 
 
 
 

stir fried
rapeseed flowers
golden field season

actors become
best directors


* * *

Venus
high in the night sky
summer evening

everywhere
double decker busses
 
 
 

 
nations call
for change and peace
summer cloud

beeswax candle
handling nitroglycerine


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Today’s LittleNip:

What’s interesting about collaborations is the possibility for one plus one to equal three.

—Rei Kawakubo

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—Medusa, with thanks to Christina Chin and Jerome Berglund for today’s fine collaboration!

For info about the sly Tan-renga, go to https://www.graceguts.com/essays/an-introduction-to-tan-renga/.
 
 
 
Banana Fritters
 
 
 
 
 
 













 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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