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after you left a winter sparrow fluttered across your path– its song too high for the human ear Jeanne Emrich
in the vase
on the lavender table
two stems of iris
someone has moved them
closer together
Margaret Chula
moonlit night
in the bamboo forest
a child god
transforms into a badger
to summon his mother
Mariko Kitakubo |
Welcome! Learn here about the lyric poem of
Japan known as tanka (waka), now becoming one of the most
popular and versatile short forms of poetry in English. What is Tanka? About Tanka and Its History by Amelia Fielden From the Man'yoshu to Contemporary Tanka by Mariko Kitakubo Learn to Write Tanka A Quick Start Guide to Writing Tanka by Jeanne Emrich Notes on Form, Techniques, and Subject Matter by Michael McClintock A Tanka Repair Kit by Jeanne Emrich My Tanka Path by Tom Clausen Distilling Experience by Maggie Chula Tanka as Diary by Amelia Fielden Learn by Example Tanka Diary Style Travel Tanka Tanka as Personal Reflection Writing in a Persona Tanka of Allusion Tanka as Elegy or Banka Tanka Inspired by a Poem Minimalist Tanka Our Tanka Gallery Tanka Online Guest Poets--Interviews & Articles Drops from Her Umbrella—Laura Maffei Between Us—Beverley George A Harvest of Words—Carol Purington Cigarette Butts and Lilacs—Andrew Riutta A Song in the Air—Kala Ramesh Writing Inside Out—Kathy Kituai Another Layer of Intimacy—Karen Cesar A Few Good Books on Tanka Literature The Tanka Online Archives The Tanka Online Bookstore About Us |
halving fruit my second husband's way of love . . . hard to change habits so late in life Amelia Fielden
wind outside the mall Tom Clausen I've this memory– riding my father's shoulders into the ocean, the poetry of things before I could speak Michael McClintock |