Message from egonzalez

[Anonymous]

Thank you for sharing on the different types of poetry. I'm specially interested in learning more on renkus. The fact that it is a traditional type of Japanese poetry that is written through a collaboration of two or more poets seems to make it perfect for classroom use. I read up on it a little bit more and I found out that typically an honored guest is invited to contribute to the opening stanza. Typically, students make reference to the season in the renku. A common renku topic is the moon. Therefore, I think it would be a good idea to tie in learning about the Mid-Autumn Festival while writing a renku.

The problem I encountered was lack of child-friendly samples of renkus. Does anybody know where I might find that?