Hi,
This morning was a special one for me. I discovered tanka, a short verse type of poetry, on the website Simply Haiku. Tanka has 5 lines and haiku has 3. A long time ago, a formula was developed for writing tanka. The lines were divided into syllables; 5/7 5/7/7. One way to describe the form is short line/ long line etc. Another way is free verse. There is little, if any, punctuation. The poems may rhyme but do not have to.
Haiku and Tanka are fascinating to me. They calm me and make me think. The masters of these poems are my heroes. Naturally, I am going to share a few poems I found online.
The first tanka is by Norman Darlington.
in light and shade
old memories slowly fade
between the stones
a tortoise singing songs
of shells and bones
The next tanka is by Marianne Bluger.
Solitary
under snow-freighted skies
a little lark
in a corn field pecks
its way along a furrow
I wrote a tanka for Katie. I am inspired and fascinated by her bicycle rides. My poem is not polished. I had fun writing it though. It is the final tanka.
cool breeze
sustains the ride
yellow comet
on the silver comet trail
39 miles
Getting physical
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2 comments:
Thank you for sharing a new poetry form...very interesting is tanka.
And thank you for the descriptive tanka for Katie. You have the soul of a poet. EllenE
Thank you, Honor, for the beautiful poem. I am touched by the beauty and simplicity of your words.
"Yellow comet." I like that image. It will sustain me. Thank you for this gift.
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