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A Handful: a rengay

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 blackberry stains
he brings home a handful
of green acorns 1/ptc

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 rim of his soccer cap
turned to the back 2/dwb

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 three bruises
his shin pads spoiled
in the washer 3/ptc

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 thump thump thump
scooting down the stairs
on his bum 4/dwb

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 boys in the street bond
fists flying 5/ptc

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 torn pant cuffs
a small frog leaps
from one wet pocket 6/dwb

Notes

(See this poem as photo-renku at World Haiku Review):
www.worldhaikureview.org/pages/whcmmfroginhand.shtml

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/a-handful-a-rengay-2/