Two-Person Rengay

First-Prize Winners from HPNC Rengay Contests

These are my rengay that have won first prize in the HPNC rengay contest, which began in 1995. The first six of the following rengay are also available in Six Rengay, a free downloadable flyer available in PDF format on my Trifolds page.       +

• 1998: Dying Spark by Rich Krivcher, John Thompson, and Michael Dylan Welch

• 2000: Cornstalk Twisting by Michael Dylan Welch and Lenard D. Moore

• 2003: The Hilltop Castle by Michael Dylan Welch and Ikuyo Yoshimura

• 2005: Inside Passage by Michael Dylan Welch and Dejah Léger

• 2007: Sixth Sense by Tom Clausen and Michael Dylan Welch

• 2008: Returning by Michael Dylan Welch and Alice Frampton

• 2015: Weighing In by Michael Dylan Welch and Sonja Arntzen

First-Prize Winner from the HSA Rengay Contest

The following rengay won first place in the 2023 Haiku Society of America rengay contest:

• Yellowing Maple with Ion Codrescu (with Romanian and French translations)

The following rengay all follow the traditional rengay pattern for two writers. See also Three-Person Rengay, Six-Person Rengay, and Solo Rengay.

• Ain’t Got No Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia with Alan S. Bridges

• All the News with Paul O. Williams

• An Autumn Tale with Sarah Welch

• Another Country with Jacquie Pearce

• Are We There Yet? with Wilda Morris

• Around the Edges with Paul O. Williams [with German translation]

• Bandelier with Cristina Rascón [with Spanish translation]

• Bending My Ears with Ray Rasmussen

• Birthdays Shared with Alan S. Bridges

• Blurring the Moon with Emiko Miyashita

• Born Free with Sherry Grant

• Breadsticks with Connie Donleycott

• Breath Clouds with Jocelyn Conway [first publication here]

• Breathless with Rich Krivcher

• Caving In with Angela Leuck

• Clipper with Deborah P Kolodji

• Cobbler with Kristen Lindquist

• The Corner Kick’s Curve with Joshua Beach

• Dawn Traces with John Thompson

• Deep Winter with Garry Gay

• Don’t Fence Me In with Sheila Sondik

• An Earwig’s Grip with Max Verhart

• Empty Hammock with John Thompson

• Face to Face with Kathabela Wilson

• Family Circle with Kala Ramesh

• Forgotten with Garry Gay

• Française des Arts with Colin Stewart Jones

• Freezer Burn with Max Verhart

• Futbol with Joshua Beach

• Garden Gifts with elehna de sousa

• Gatherings with Liz-Ann Winkler

• Getting There with John Stevenson

• Giving Thanks with Sarah Welch

• Going for Gold with Alan S. Bridges

• Going Places with Deborah P Kolodji

• Going Viral with Gary Hotham

• Gravestones with Jeff Witkin

• Growing on Trees with Lanka Siriwardana

• Haloed in Red with Alan S. Bridges 

• Heads or Tails with Gary Hotham

• Heat of the Moment with Deborah P Kolodji

• Helicopter Seeds with Margaret Chula

• Here and There with John Thompson

• High Score with Tanya McDonald

• Hometown with Stephen Toft

• Hopscotch in the Park with Paul O. Williams

• Hymn with Caleb Mutua

• Idlers in the Gallery with Pamela Miller Ness       +

• In Praise of Idleness with Naomi Beth Wakan

• Lotus Eaters with Michael McClintock

• Mall Walking with David Ash

• Meeting with Andrew Riutta

• Midnight Feeding with Lana Hechtman Ayers

• Mother’s Back with Garry Gay

• New England with Garry Gay

• New-Mown Lawn with Brad Bennett

• Nightlight [goth toddler] with Geneviève Wynand

• No Place with Deborah P Kolodji

• Now with Gary Hotham

• Off-Piste with Alan S. Bridges

• Old Spice with Hank Dunlap

• On Broadway with Brian Tasker

• Our Own Devices with Luce Pelletier

• Pins and Needles with Christine Nelson

• Playing Chicken with Tanya McDonald

• Pushing Daisies with Wilda Morris

• Rainbow with Bill Waters

• Rain into River with Tanya McDonald

• Recess Bell with Garry Gay

• Renandstimpy with Curtis Dunlap

• Repeated Hum with Ron C. Moss

• Rolled-Up Trousers with Penny Harter

• Rounding the Pole with Yvonne Cabalona

• Seeing the Light with Sonja Arntzen

• Several Species of Small Furry Animals with Colin Stewart Jones

• Singing Along with Tia Haynes

• Singing in the Rain with William Hart

• Six of One with Andrew Riutta

• Small Wonders with elehna de sousa

• Smart Cars with Tanya McDonald

• Skipping Stones with Kenneth Tanemura

• So Much Depends with Billie Dee

• Spider’s Web with Cathy Drinkwater Better

• Splashes with Ernesto Pangilinan Santiago

• Staples with Deborah P Kolodji

• Starlings Rush with Terry Ann Carter

• Stick Figures with Julie Schwerin

• A Summer’s Tale with Sarah Welch

• Taking the Field with Christopher Herold

• Taking Turns with Garry Gay

• A Taste of Winter with Elizabeth St Jacques

• Terminal Illness with Allyson Whipple

• That Time of Year with Jane Reed

• Threnody with Agnes Eva Savich

• Timberline Lodge with Ce Rosenow

• Too Hot to Handle with Christopher Patchel

• Torpedo with Tanya McDonald

• Touch with Lana Hechtman Ayers [rengay with one-line verses]

• True Colors with Paul David Mena

• Two Fat Spaniels with Amelia Fielden

• Uh-Huh with Lee Gurga

• Unfolding Miss July with Jeanne Emrich

• Unplayed Harmonica with Carmen Sterba

• Unraveled Cassette with an’ya

• Vibrating Strings with Eduard Ţară [with Romanian translation]

• Viewing Line with Alan S. Bridges

• Warming Up with Alan S. Bridges

• Whispered Stories with Garry Gay

• Whiteout with David Terelinck

• A Winter’s Tale with Sarah Welch

• With Each Step with Ryu Yotsuya

• Yellowing Maple with Ion Codrescu (with Romanian and French translations)

• Yesterday’s News with Brad Bennett

• Your Turn with Tanya McDonald