"Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it." ~ Nicholas Sparks

Tanka is a Japanese unrhymed poem with 31 syllables arranged in five lines; English tanka is 31 syllables or LESS because Japanese and English syllables are different.  Tanka originated in the 6th century at the Japanese Imperial Court where lovers exchanged tanka poems for each other after a night of passionate lovemaking. With contemporary tanka the topic varies.

 click here if you want to read modern tanka examples     click here if you want to read modern tanka rules  

Thank you very much for your time and kind review.   

Gypsy 

Pictures from my Pinterest account.  The presentation and poem created by Gypsy Blue Rose (c) copyright @11/9/24

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