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Modern Tanka Suite (for rules ck my author notes)

A chapter in the book 2024 Japanese Poetry

Our Love Began

by Gypsy Blue Rose

 
 
our love began

in the wings of chance—

I never thought

you would come into my life

bearing gifts of love and charm
 



before I knew it

your soul slipped into mine

flowing through my veins

with unwavering aim

straight to my heart
 



our breaths rise and fall

in unison from dawn till dawn

on the wings of spring breeze

braided with jasmine scent

and clear creek whispers
 
 







 




Tanka is a Japanese unrhymed poem having about 12 to 31 syllables usually arranged in five lines. The syllable count is 31 syllables OR LESS. The first English poets who wrote tanka imitated the Japanese models of a 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic structure resulting in Tanka poems that were too long compared to Japanese tanka because Japanese syllables are shorter than English syllables. The third line transitions from the descriptive and image-focused beginning lines into a reflective metaphor, simile, or personification for the closing lines. The subject matter varies, but most tanka are emotionally stirring or profound, and many are about love.

click here if you want to read modern tanka examples


click here to read tanka society of America information


click here if you want to read more modern tanka information

Thank you very much for your time and kind review.

Gypsy
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid.

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