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5/6/6/6/8 Modern Tanka
A chapter in the book Tanka Collection
Our Last Vacation
by Gypsy Blue Rose
for rules and information, please check my author notes
Our Last Vacation
furious winds rage through narrow gorge valleys of forgotten canyons where ancient streams cut stone — there ... our impossible love dies |
 Recognized |
Gorge is a narrow valley between mountains, with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it.
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
Thank you very much for taking the time to read and review my poem.
Gypsy
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason" -- Novalis
Picture is the Grand Canyon National Park, Utah
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and 2 member cents. 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
Thank you very much for taking the time to read and review my poem.
Gypsy
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason" -- Novalis
Picture is the Grand Canyon National Park, Utah
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