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4/6/5/6/7 + 5/6/4/9/5 Tanka Pair
Tanka Collection
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Romancing Love
by Gypsy Blue Rose
For Rules, Please Read My Author Notes
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romancing love
but I'm so out of touch
every single time
it slips through my fingers
and there's no one left in sight
now it's only me
with a deep sleeping grief
inside my heart
and I know I'm going to love him
for a long long time
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Author Notes
Inspired by a song by Linda Ronstadt- Long Long Time
" 'Cause I've done everything I know
To try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you
For a long long time"
Tanka (means short poetry) originated 1300 years ago in Japan's Imperial Court where lovers exchanged tanka after a night together. Tanka evokes vivid imagery and reflection for the reader. They are free verse without meter or rhyme. They follow a 5 lines pattern of 5/7/5/7/7 (31) syllables or LESS because English syllables are different than Japanese syllables. The goal, as with most Japanese poetry, is to write as succinctly as possible. Tanka transitions from the descriptive top two lines into the reflective bottom three lines, using metaphor, simile, or personification. Modern Tanka rules are not as strict. The subject matter can vary, but most tanka are emotionally stirring or profound, and many are about love. Tanka is usually written in the first-person narrator's point of view. === click here if you want to read modern tanka examples === click here to read Tanka Society of America === click here if you want to read modern tanka rules
Thank you very much for your time and kind review.
Gypsy
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid." --Atticus
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