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Contemporary Tanka (rules in my author notes)
A chapter in the book 2024 Gypsy's Tanka

July Rains

by Gypsy Blue Rose

 

july rains cleanse

some rueful disquiet deeds

   with a divine touch—

each drop is a gift from above

like a million kisses and soft touch 

 





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Contemporary Tanka is a Japanese unrhymed poem with 12 to 31 syllables arranged in five lines. The first poets who wrote tanka imitated the Japanese models of a 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic structure in five lines. This resulted in poems that were too long in comparison to Japanese tanka. The first tanka were padded or chopped to meet the fixed number of syllables. Additionally, the third line must transition from the descriptive and image-focused beginning lines into a 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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