Poetry

Lahman, M. K. E., Hancock, E., Alhudithi, A., Kincaid, T., Lafferty, M., Patchett, E., Loften, L., & Couch, C. (2019). Renga, Research, Reflexivity: Poetic Representation. Qualitative Inquiry, 25(9–10), 826–829. Renga, Research, Reflexivity: Poetic Representation.

• Renga poetry: A Japanese form of cooperative linked poetry with specific constraints.

• Formed poetry: Poetry with constraints like meter, rhyme, and rhythm patterns.

• Structure of renga: Poets work in groups, alternating writing stanzas, often hundreds long.

• Contemporary adaptation: Poets may alternate for their own purposes, creating more possibilities.

• Project description: Poets create poetry around the same topic, reflecting on previous links.

• Reflective opportunity: Looking back on the poetic links, a stretching exercise for the participants.

• Emergence of meaning: True meaning of the poem emerges at the end through individual interpretations.

• Purpose of participation: To be part of a bigger picture, finding direction and following voices of predecessors.