Juliet, I would love to hear something about how you help your students explore and enjoy tan'renga! Anytime you get a chance, please feel free to share!
Hi Ann, the class I'm teaching at the moment is very much a beginners class, that offers an introduction to haiku and related poetry. In today's session we were looking at renga. I started with a very brief history of renga then I wrote a haiku up for people to then write a response to. We discussed some ideas round how the response should relate to the haiku. We then did an exercise where everyone wrote a haiku on a piece of paper that was then passed on to the next person who wrote a response and so on round the group. The class participants all said they enjoyed it.
This post was very timely, as I'm currently teaching a short course on haiku and we're looking at renga today. (Both Tan'renga and longer renga).
Juliet, I would love to hear something about how you help your students explore and enjoy tan'renga! Anytime you get a chance, please feel free to share!
Hi Ann, the class I'm teaching at the moment is very much a beginners class, that offers an introduction to haiku and related poetry. In today's session we were looking at renga. I started with a very brief history of renga then I wrote a haiku up for people to then write a response to. We discussed some ideas round how the response should relate to the haiku. We then did an exercise where everyone wrote a haiku on a piece of paper that was then passed on to the next person who wrote a response and so on round the group. The class participants all said they enjoyed it.
Juliet, I love that you had your students engaging so playfully by passing around the papers, randomly sharing & responding--what a fun idea! ЁЯТЫ
Thanks Ann, it was fun!