Now what? It's customary for the participants to read the renku aloud, clapping at the end and bowing to one another with joyful respect. It's also a good idea to make sure that all participants have a good clean copy, inviting them to offer edits over the next few days, in case any rough edges need smoothing.
The great renku master Matsuo Basho famously said that as soon as a renku is "off the writing table," it becomes wastepaper. This perhaps exaggerated statement makes a good point: the important thing about renku is the writing of it, the process and not the finished product. Still, it's nice for poets to preserve and cherish their renku. When they revisit them, it's like reliving a party that was more than a party.
If everyone poured their hearts and minds into it, it was a lot more!