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colleenchesebro.org
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| | | | | Tanka and tanka prose are some of my favorite Japanese forms. I explain both forms in detail in my book, Word Craft: Prose & Poetry. The earliest form of tanka was called a waka. (Sorry for the personal advertisement). Tanka prose is written in the 5-7-5-7-7 or short-long-short-long-long five line syllable structure. Tanka prose always... | |
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brazannemuse.com
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| | | | | Seen when stopped at lights, felt fitting for today Pick Your Own - Tanka Prose I drove out early today, to find a space in the shade, to walk with the coolness of the tall trees. An unusual blast of heat, swept across the sea to meet our island. We have had no fires fuelled,... | |
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willowdot21.wordpress.com
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| | | | | Its time for Colleen Chesebro's Tuesday Tanka Challenge. Colleen said:"This week, let's do something different. Using the kigo words from last week's postHERE, or from thesummer(Northern Hemisphere) orwinter(Southern Hemisphere) categories from the500 Kigo Words, write one or a series of kimo poems The kimo is a tristich, a poem of three lines with 10/7/6 syllables.... | |
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skepticskaddish.com
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| | | A Renga hokku: [CC] an empty atticthe sound of April showersthunderous rumblings wakiku: [db] sweat-soaked bed in New Jerseynightmares rocked with explosions hokku: [db] Jerusalem noonair conditioner abovebreeze-blown condensate wakiku: [CC] heat shimmer glares through windowsice cubes crackle in my glass Tanka Tuesday 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge 32 For this week'sTanka Tuesday,... | ||
