Rengay with David

Posted on March 26, 2026 by jazzytower

Reflections – A Rengay

by Pat and David

old bathroom mirror –

wiping the steamy glass down

those same cheeks and jowls (db)

these life lines, owning their place

like scripts, telling a story (pr)

eroded slowly

the landscape of living flesh

keeps what has worn through (db)

still playing a part

in all I have become –

grateful, I still am (pr)

one voice gone, another speaks
now called to provide answers (db)

but secrets are held

as eyes hide blooming twinkles –

old mirror sees all (pr)

Pat & David

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.

This form actually requires a bit of explanation, so I recommend that you read about it HERE.

To check out David’s blog go A collaboration with David over at Skeptic’s Kaddish Blog

Pat

3/26/2026

Tanka Tuesday -Time

Posted on March 5, 2025 by jazzytower

a vivid canvas

forged by nature at sunset

as autumn draws near

time wanders in the footsteps

of fate – undaunted, fearless

Pat

3/04/2025

For Tanka Tuesday with Colleen where the prompt words are synonyms of

Create & Bright

I chose

Forge – Vivid

Pop over to participate, or just read here.

Life Changes

Posted on October 30, 2024 by jazzytower

My brother lives on Maui and had gone radio silent on me. I thought it was odd, given I recently had abdominal surgery. So it felt like something else was going on.

I am the weirdo in the family now, that whenever I think of someone, my phone rings and it’s them. My mother had this quality. This used to creep me out. But lately, not so much.

Now, I have come to find out, that the reason for this ‘quiet’ is that he is awaiting a lung biopsy. He’s got substantial black areas on his lungs.

So now we wait.

life changes

in an off-putting way –

aging

Pat

10/30/2024

Quadrille Monday – Change

Posted on October 30, 2024 by jazzytower

Spidey senses jostle

I ask of the universe

Please – don’t make it so

Nobody is talking

But, I know.

Don’t know how I know

Ripples from gut punches are worming its way

Nothing to hang onto

Just that wayward promise

morphing through the universe

Pat

10/29/2024

For Quadrille Monday (a 44 word poem) over at dVerse Poets Pub. Lillian is hosting this week. The prompt word is “Promise”. To participate or just read, go here.

Respect – Ovi Poem

Posted on October 28, 2024 by jazzytower

bench of old men way more than five

camaraderie is alive

chatter wafting, as from a hive

for lazing outdoors – new respect

Pat

10/28/2024

Ovi Poem, my first, for Ronovan Writes Ovi Challenge where the prompt word is ‘Respect’.

To read more about the Ovi go here.

Wordless Wednesday

Posted on March 20, 2024 by jazzytower

This is a storage facility off the FDR, in the approach to the Brooklyn Bridge. Their ads are always witty. And at times, current!

Pat

3/20/24

Change

Posted on December 15, 2022 by jazzytower

This Holly Plant lives just outside my door.

A season in turmoil. The circle gets smaller. Loved ones pass on leaving us behind to sort out the ravages of being. Such loss is soothed only by a long spring. But wounds remain so, as we find a way to live with them.

we are left standing

as december roars on through

this season of life

a little more worn, rumpled

but for this, we are grateful

Pat

12/15/22

Also for Cees Flower of The Day. To view more go here