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4/5/6/7/7 Modern Tanka
Tanka Collection
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Bittern Birds Pad
by Gypsy Blue Rose
For Rules, Please Read My Author Notes
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deep in the reeds
they hide from the crowd
away from lookie loos
basking in the toasty sun
bop on down to their bird pad
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Author Notes
- Bop on down = to go.
- Pad = home
- The American bittern is a wading bird in the heron family. They can be very hard to see in the marsh vegetation.
TANKA is a Japanese unrhymed poem having about 12 to 31 syllables usually arranged in five lines. The first English-speaking poets imitated the Japanese models of 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic structure in five lines, but because Japanese syllables are shorter than English syllables the poems were too wordy and choppy. The beginning two lines are descriptive and image-focused, and the third line serves as a transition to the bottom two lines which are reflective using metaphor, simile, or personification. The subject matter varies, but most tanka are emotionally stirring or profound, and many are about love. Tanka originated in the seventh century in the Japanese Imperial Court, where women and men engaged in courtship. 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
Thank you very much for taking the time to read and review my poem.
Gypsy
"Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason." - Novalis
top picture from google public domain
bottom picture by Joel Sartore
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