Exceptional Tanka for the Contest 2023 Gypsy's Tanka : Love Poems by Gypsy Blue Rose Tanka Poetry Contest contest entry

I'll send you love poems carried on southbound clouds beneath the full moon— my heart dipped in lonesome dew and paper damped with tears             Recognized Author Notes Tanka is a Japanese unrhymed poem having about 12 to 31 syllables usually arranged in five lines. The syllable count is 31 syllables OR LESS. The first English poets who wrote tanka imitated the Japanese models of a 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic structure resulting in Tanka poems that were too long in comparison to Japanese tanka because Japanese syllables are shorter than English syllables. The third line transitions from the descriptive and image-focused beginning lines into a reflective metaphor, simile, or personification for the closing lines. The subject matter varies, but most tanka are emotionally stirring or profound, and many are about love. 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 your time and kind review. Gypsy "The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid. picture from Pinterest -- bottom flower is a moonflower

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