A big thank you to David, of “The Sheptics Kaddish” for inviting me to co-write a “Rengay.” I cannot remember having written a collaborative poem before, but it was so much fun to mix words with such an accomplished writer.
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A two-person ‘Rengay’
By Ivor and David
Beasts’ feast; Famine’s rations, or: A rengay
(Ivor)
i’ve no appetite
to be the new King’s taster
bad seeds don’t regrow
(David)
little princeling muffles heave
spits foie gras into goblet
(Ivor)
royalty’s snobbish ways
are wasted and inconsequential
to hungry grazers days
(David)
pastures lie barren
herders curse the banquet hall
torches flare outside
(Ivor)
the underworld cries
darkness falls on vacant eyes
(David)
pomegranate blood
stains her lips with endless oath
frost devours the bloom
Ivor Steven © October 2025
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