Dean Kuch and I wrote a book of horror haiku. Whenever I write horror poems I think of him.

Tanka is a Japanese unrhymed five-line poem with 12 to 31 syllables usually arranged in five lines. The syllable count is 31 syllables OR LESS because Japanese syllables (called 'on') are shorter sounds 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

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Gypsy
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid.

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