Romance Poetry posted January 29, 2024 | Chapters: | ...7 8 -9- 10... |
Love Tanka Pair for the Emotion Contest
A chapter in the book 2024 Gypsy's Tanka
You Say Hello
by Gypsy Blue Rose
you say hello as you pass by— the wind carries your delicious scent and sound of laughter
sewn with time’s thread, nights and days are woven with the endless journey of my eternal love |
Emotions Poetry Contest contest entry
The contest calls for an emotion, I chose LOVE
Tanka is my favorite Japanese poetic form. It's a romantic and passionate poem. It was created in the 8th century and used in the Japanese Imperial Court where lovers exchanged a tanka after a night together. The best tanka poets are women. I feel a kinship with these women tanka poets. After all this time, is still relatable.
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Rules: Tanka is a Japanese unrhymed poem having about 12 to 31 syllables usually arranged in five lines. The syllable count is 31 syllables OR LESS. Japanese use a 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic structure but English are usually less syllables than that because Japanese syllables are shorter than English syllables. The third line is usually used to transition from the top descriptive lines to the image-focused reflective metaphor, simile, or personification for the closing lines. The subject matter varies, but most tanka are emotionally stirring or profound, and many are about love.
click here if you want to read modern tanka examples
click here to read Tanka Society of America
click here if you want to read modern tanka rules
Thank you very much for your time and kind review.
Gypsy
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid.
pictures from Pinterest
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and 2 member cents. Tanka is my favorite Japanese poetic form. It's a romantic and passionate poem. It was created in the 8th century and used in the Japanese Imperial Court where lovers exchanged a tanka after a night together. The best tanka poets are women. I feel a kinship with these women tanka poets. After all this time, is still relatable.
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Rules: Tanka is a Japanese unrhymed poem having about 12 to 31 syllables usually arranged in five lines. The syllable count is 31 syllables OR LESS. Japanese use a 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic structure but English are usually less syllables than that because Japanese syllables are shorter than English syllables. The third line is usually used to transition from the top descriptive lines to the image-focused reflective metaphor, simile, or personification for the closing lines. The subject matter varies, but most tanka are emotionally stirring or profound, and many are about love.
click here if you want to read modern tanka examples
click here to read Tanka Society of America
click here if you want to read modern tanka rules
Thank you very much for your time and kind review.
Gypsy
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid.
pictures from Pinterest
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