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Post by MoonyLuna on Feb 9, 2008 18:13:01 GMT -5
Tanka Tanka is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the haiku with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables. (5, 7, 5, 7, 7)
The 5/7/5/7/7 rule is rumored to have been made up for school children to understand and learn this type of poetry. For an in depth description of Haiku, please visit the Shadow Poetry Haiku, Senryu, and Tanka section.
Example #1: A cool wind blows in With a blanket of silence. Straining to listen For those first few drops of rain, The storm begins in earnest.
Copyright © 2001 Dendrobia
Example #2: Subtle hints of spring In the wet bark of the tree Dew dripping from leaves Then runs down the russet trunk Pools round the roots and is drunk
Copyright © 2002 Can Sonmez
Example #3: Peaceful solitude intrinsic to our spirit lost in pensive thought standing on the edge of time the road to nowhere special.
Copyright © 2002 Cheri L. Ahner
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