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4/8/5/6/5 modern tanka
A chapter in the book One Thousand Cranes
Wild Horses at Break of Dawn
by Gypsy Blue Rose
for rules and information, please check my author notes
wild horses rush into a furious gallop at the break of dawn refusing a tamed life in flat land corrals |
Tanka is one of the oldest types of Japanese poetry. It begun in the Emperial Court, where lovers exchanged a tanka after a night of lovemaking.
Tanka in Japan, is 31 syllables in a 5/7/5/7/7 form, but in English is 31 syllables OR LESS. For examples click here
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