連れん句く

noun

linked verse; renku

A traditional Japanese poetic form in which multiple poets compose alternating stanzas, typically in a 5-7-5 and 7-7 syllable pattern. Often used in the context of renga or haikai no renga.

• 連れん句くの会かいに参さん加かして、初はじめて句くを詠よんだ。

  I participated in a renku gathering and composed a verse for the first time.

• 芭ば蕉しょうは多おおくの優すぐれた連れん句くを残のこしている。

  Basho left behind many excellent linked-verse works.