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6/7/5/7/6 Tanka
Tanka Collection
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Dusk Slips Through The Window
by Gypsy Blue Rose
For Rules, Please Read My Author Notes
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Dusk slips through the window
dressed in silver dust and dreams
of clandestine love —
woken by pebbles on glass
clickety-clack tap tap
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Author Notes
Clandestine = executed with secrecy or concealment
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 in a concise manner of 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 and it never rhymes.
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Thank you very much for taking the time to read and review my poem.
Gypsy
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid." Atticus
6gh
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