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Eastern - Japanese Culture Tanka Poetry

Submitted by Barbara Writes on Mon, 2012-03-26 12:00

japanese poetry- tanka style

Tanka- has 31 syllables written in two parts.
The first part is same as Haiku- 5,7,5 and
the second part is 7, 7.

An example of tanka structure;

My restless spirit
Long to see island's north shore
They share her beauty
Sparkling waters with tourists
As I plan Nantucket cruise

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Barbara Writes

Tue, 2012-03-27 00:32

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Your idea is a japenese form of poetry call Renga where friends add their own idea to a section of the poem creating one poem, . Is that your thinking?

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Barbara Writes

Mon, 2012-03-26 16:25

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Long|to|see|is|lands|north|shore
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
This is Tanka not haiku or senyru lol

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Barbara Writes

Sun, 2012-04-01 05:30

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So I figure by helping others with my blogs I can learn more myself.
glad you find them beneficial.

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