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Lunegay; a poetic form analogous to a rengay. A rengay consists of a series of haiku-like stanzas interspersed with stanzas consisting of two lines that have a maximum of seven syllables each. A lune differs from a haiku in having lines of 5, 3, and 5 syllables, with the goal of making the stanzas resemble a crescent moon. They typically make reference to moons. A lunegay begins with a lune, and these alternate with stanzas of two lines as for a rengay. The length of the poem is indeterminate, but the middle is marked by two lunes in succession, as for a rengay. The lunegay was invented by me in 2019, though I haven't written many yet. A new one has been submitted to a magazine..

Two examples:

https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2019/10/101319.html

https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/2020/02/021920.html

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The Great Race*

cyclists race around

the green moon

Earth looms vacantly

the field holds in air and warmth

riders soar above the world

grove of apple trees

amber waves

out Imbrium way

on and on they ride beneath

lich of their ancestral home

strange vermin creep there

ash blankets

Amazonia

blessed starscape on

the dark side

endless vibrant night

dwellings cluster thickly here

life forgets the horror past

hairpins scale knife-edged

mountain peaks

now mossed and gentled

leap cautiously now, for fair

Inertia holds sway below

this, the greatest race

on Sol’s green

gem, our only home

end of poem

*A lunegay

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ISS raises
my hackles
when I'm down on Earth

suddenly I need a shave
it's small but Luna's farther

I thought it wouldn't
happen here
sorry 'bout the crew

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For Inktober Friday & Saturday

Winter’s Cold Heart

a lunegay

winter stirs at the

cave’s dark mouth

a pure puff of white

burnt-metal stench manifests

louring clouds brighten briefly

something beats against

bone chill wind

shadow wanes and swells

out of the wrack a

dopplered scream

the blood-spattered field

in blowing snow something moves

amber glint blinks much too close

riding against the

snow dragon

bones for the spring melt

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some planets seem to
collect moons
who needs 65?

it's not like you'll even know
if one should turn up missing

I'm looking at you
Jupiter
learn to share your toys

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A lune rengay, perhaps we should call it a lune-gay


under the full moon
at the dance,
challenged, he bristled

the gatecrashers pushed him hard
a wild punch struck his date's face

shredding the white dress
she transformed
who knew they were real

growling was enough
the boys fled
leaving small puddles

the photographs showed two wolves
shreds of fabric in their fur

tangled in morning
venison
on their human tongues


Definition: consists of six stanzas with the following line lengths in syllables:

5-3-5

7-7

5-3-5

5-3-5

7-7

5-3-5

Each three-line stanza should have two lines that are directly connected to one another, separated by a break from the third line, as in traditional haiku. Should have something to do with the moon, or moons, or satellites in the broadest sense. Modeled on the well-known rengay form.