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LUNENGA [1-2-3--1-2-3--1-2-3--1-2-3--1-2-3--1-2-3--1-2-3] A Lunenga is a linked poem of 21 verses. These verses are made up of one-line, two-lines and three-lines stanzas with a paragraph break between each stanza. Each stanza [1-2-3] is written by one person and the Lunenga can either be written solo or with one partner. One link has to include the moon. It was created by ai li on the 27 May 1997.
Copyright © ai li 1997
EXAMPLES : ALONE with ai li and Alexis K. Rotella ____________________________________________________________________
A Lunenga between ai li and Alexis K. Rotella
she cries alone the house on a hill oak staircase
silent the moon-faced owl the countenance blowing dust
hot cocoa in his mug beating moth the dream
chicken bones on china plates help help wisteria
garden swing falling petals the girl in a bonnet a whorehouse in town
tourists in the Amish town the hexagram quilt A law banning astrology
all dressed waiting for one star the sound of waves i sit
Copyright © ai li and Alexis K. Rotella 1997 ___________________________________________________________________
A Lunenga between ai li and Fay Aoyagi
narrow alley to nowhere the poem of moonlight chinese lute
he has cut his pigtail a letter-writer bags of rice
servant girl embroidering slippers kumquats arrive the courtesan
riding the wind emperor his heir eunuch died of
jade hairpin in the peach garden the new consort soothsayer
fox hunt invisible trap reading glasses for auction...
his smoking jacket in gold brocade by lamplight closing the book
Copyright © ai li and Fay Aoyagi 1997 ____________________________________________________________________
A solo Lunenga by ai li 8 June 1997
a circus in town i close my window dreaming of bars
the woman with a crystal ball avoiding me a tiger eyeing medicine man
a clown and his over-sized shoe drizzle on her wide back performing seals
ring master summoned on his mobile phone daredevil stunt trapeze act
candy floss colouring the stick chimpanzee finding the horse
behind the scenes solitaire knife thrower the lame bare-back rider
closing day rain the costumes a tent
Copyright © ai li 1997 ____________________________________________________________________
A Lunenga between ai li and Larry Kimmel
barbecue on the roof moon over a skewer burns
her naked presence sleeps what price on the glass-topped nightstand
breathless under neon a slit tattoo
crossing the stream her coy smile from the shade
wet from rain blouse a priest the curve of breast
rumpled sheets arms butterfly her breast
his departure at dawn she fixes lunch at the door
Copyright © ai li and Larry Kimmel 1997 _____________________________________________________________________
A Lunenga between ai li and Yu Chang
she finds a bench for blossom viewing a snail silvering remembering the face
a thorny twig comes home with me through the leafing oak white petals
he's working late again hedgehog at the back door reverie
a barn owl hoots faded blue jeans still visible
hermit in conversation a cave closer
she reaches for a nodding trillium in the clearing tumbling
sunset on a white wall breaking my meditation north wind
Copyright © ai li and Yu Chang 1997 **************************************************
A Lunenga between Larry Kimmel and ai li
sister-in-law comes to visit old Victorian house she enters
a ghost story for halloween cold feet on the one midnight...
coming home late gibbous moon cigarette glow
the shapely ankle in Charles Jourdan veiled reading of the will
at last, the house to himself hot afternoon her perfumed dress
two women in bed together creme fraiche on ice nude slip
"two Manhattans coming up" he wants to know maraschino cherry
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