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6/6/5/8/6 Tanka
Tanka Collection
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Tangled in Your Embrace
by Gypsy Blue Rose
For Rules, Please Read My Author Notes
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tangled in your embrace
and jasmine-infused breeze —
your strong gentle hands
around my Rubenesque curves
as our hearts skip a beat
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Author Notes
The Rubenesque figure is related to the painter Rubens's artworks, especially rounded curvy figures in a pleasing or attractive way.
TANKA is a Japanese unrhymed love 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
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