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Haiku you know well
Thanks to English class.
But, haiku has a cousin.
Tanka is his name.
Five lines with syllables thus:
Five, seven, five, seven twice.
Poetry class is over.
Now let’s have some fun.
Haiku goes too fast, I think.
So, how ‘bout Tanka?
Truly a challenge:
Acrostic tanka poems
“Tanka” fits just fine!
Keep up now. What starts with “A”?
Astonishing! I did it.
Tanka limerick?
No, it is not possible!
Too much emphasis
Is placed on the syllable.
I just had to give it up.
A tanka sonnet?
There is so much math in this.
Sonnets: 14 lines.
Tanka, you recall, has five.
Fourteen and five just won’t mix.
So just take tanka
For what it is, and enjoy.
The Japanese do.
They invented the tanka
As they did the short haiku.
Tell me what you see.
Do it poetically.
You needn’t rhyme it.
Just let your heart be your voice,
Follow your senses and dreams.
Poetry language:
Language of the heart and soul,
Words painting pictures,
Scenes from your own fantasy,
Come now; let your heart speak out.
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