Exceptional 5/8/6/7/4 Tanka Tanka Collection : Bearing Witness by Gypsy Blue Rose For Rules, Please Read My Author Notes

Sitting here with you I bear witness to the beauty of a blazing sunset ignoring reasons to fly — longing love birds           Author Notes "Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things." -- Corinthians 13:4-7 TANKA is a Japanese poetic form that originated in Japan's Imperial Court, where the men and women engaged in courtship would exchange tanka after an intimate night. This poetic form was created 1,200 years ago. FORM: It's written succinctly with 31 syllables (5/7/5/7/7) OR LESS because Japanese and English syllables are different. Personification, metaphor, and simile are permitted in Tanka. Capitalization and punctuation should only be used when necessary. No end rhymes. ============================================================================== click here if you want to see tanka rules ============================================================================== click here if you want to see modern tanka examples ============================================================================== click here to read Tanka Society of America ============================================================================== click here to read why is 5/7/5 OR LESS rule ============================================================================== click here to read Masterpiece Classes ============================================================================== Thank you very much for taking the time to read and review my poem. Gypsy "The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid." Atticus

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