Purple Shadow

Carpe Diem Soliloquy No Renga (an introduction), 

"purple shadow"

Inspiration post by Kristjaan Panneman:

blue autumn skies
folded into mountains
purple shadow

© Jane Reichhold

The goal of this new feature is to write a Soliloquy No Renga, a Renga composed by one person. With this new feature it is possible to help you to be more associative, because you have to compose an all new renga with at least six (6) links.

As you all know a renga has stanzas of three and two lines. The first verse "hokku" gives the title to the renga and sets the entire image of your renga. By association on the verse before the verse you have to write you can make the renga a complete story.
This new feature is just for fun and I hope it will bring you the fun and inspiration as I had in mind. You can choose on your own how much links you use, but at least (as I said above) six (6) links. The last link has to make the "circle complete" and in that way has a link with the first verse. That last verse is called "ageku".

So you have to start with this opening-verse or "hokku" and in your closing-verse or "ageku" there has to be a link or association back to this "hokku". Why? Well ... it's because of aesthetic reasons ... by linking or associating from the "ageku" to the "hokku" you make the "circle" complete.

blue autumn skies
folded into mountains
purple shadow                       © Jane Reichhold

mossy rock rests in shadows

green softly creeping along

crisp breeze startles

squinting eyes - tingling skin 
hands seeking in vain

softly embraced Mother Earth

little comfort to senses

brilliantly flashing
stars swirling surround -

blue moon dust sprinkles

dragonflies lingering gaze

panda nibbles bamboo shoot

scolding jay bullies

red crested cardinal gives chase

whirl of red and blue

small stream blue reflections

single red feather floats by

ugly rat scrounges 

hummingbirds sip nectar

prayers rise like mist

hours fill the long day

an instant seems like hours

red drops fall on rocks

mingling with blue moon dust

ego bruised -

snow-capped mountains stand watch

over purple twilight shade

©  Janice Adcock

See more of this challenge and other poets responses here.