A Renga: a series of haikus (5-7-5) or tankas (5-7-5-7-7) or a mixture of both.
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Jericho's Plunge
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The Oval bakes weeds,
Shriveling their limbs to stubs
And roots to twine w h o r l s;
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Just petty bundles
Of charcoaled faggots d-r-i-p-p-i-n-g
Sweat droplets on glass.
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!Gleaming! they beckon
Dusted silhouettes to chime
In strident crusade:
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Blare the trumpets gold
Around(A)round the bastion
'Till the walls powder!
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Assemble metal men
Shrouded in Godly prestige
And march to mêlée!
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Six eves and six dawns
Will thy sandals coat in dust
And brow weep with heat
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Until the King's Day
Becomes pregnant with valor
And scarce gallantry!
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Then the morn births w a i l s
Beyond golden barricades
Of manly t o r m e n t
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Merely vanquished
By the woes of timorous
Creatures' buried vows . . .
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Rams' horns resound Death's
Footsteps, whilst victory's roar
Breaks Jericho's back,
P.L.U.N.G.I.N.G. errant wealth's Temple
Deep within Necropolis
