Actually, syllables in English have varying lengths! For example, the second syllable in "better" is shorter than the syllable in "breathe". An excellent...
Thank you, Hortensia. I shall try it as a sijo. I normally use a 5-7-5-7-7 as my pattern for tanka but this one was an experiment. I like sijo but they...
A study of linguistics quickly confirms that some syllables are indeed longer and shorter to say (such as "breathe" being much slower than "it," even though...
Well said, Michael. For those who would like to get an earful of tanka's particular 'music, Modern English Tanka (MET) is a treasure trove and may be read...
These are beautiful, Michele. And Michael, you have made so many things clear, and yet they are so simple one may well wonder why one didn't think of it...
Your tanka is beautiful to read, Robert, like a glass of ripe red wine on the tongue. Ella PS. 'Fouls' is "vowels", I believe. Sorry, but it's the English...
Hi Paul, What do you think of -- the last ferry heads out across the bay quayside ... so many yestersdays lost in pursuit of you But even I am not fully...
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Hi Ella, Thanks for this. I really like your second 'take' on it although dropping 'quayside' loses a little of the meaning for me. I will sit with it a while...
popcorn-crunching crowds one daisy blooms in centerfield a muffed fly-ball lingers from childhood John W. Wisdom [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hi Michele, I am thrilled to read the lines you wrote. Thanks a million for each word. regards vidur ... -- Vidur [Non-text portions of this message have been...
I understand what you are saying. While I recognize that tanka is a Japanese form, we cannot be Japanese and must adapt the form as best we can. That is...
Hi John, Actually, not bad. Just wondering about the form, though. Usually a tanka is distinguished by the short-long-short-long-long pattern. My question...
Ella, There seems to be a lot of discussion recently about what is and is not a tanka in English. I believe that if this were Japanese the answer would be...
In Michael McClintock's introduction to 'The Tanka Anthology' he offers 10 different examples of tanka forms in english and discusses each on the pages that...
Norla and Paul, many thanks for the reading suggestions. Will look them up as soon as I finish giving my exams. *sigh* ... sometimes I wish I was on the...
Tanka is a form with its own set of rules and schemata. To make it into something other than what it is and attach th4e label English Tanka is a mistake and...
Robert, in M.Kei's recent paper on 'Alternate Lineation in Tanka' MET Winter 07 he states that 'Tanka is traditionally written in one or two lines in Japan.'...
No disagreement here except that I do not think we need to worry quite so much about who is right in this. People can disagree with one's opinion and not be...
M. Kei is not an authority on tanka, my friend. If you look at a Japanese tanka, Waka, it is the cadence folowed that makes it a tanka (waka). There are...
I love the 'vigil aunties' coinage, but I'm not so sure what is meant by the rest of the poem. ~K~ ... -- Editor, Atlas Poetica : A Journal of Poetry of Place...
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The following resources are FREE online, and include ARTICLES and TANKA. Many of them have reading lists and link lists to direct you to further resources. The...
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Dear Friends, As most of you probably already know, I compile the Bibliography of Tanka in English. There are close to 700 titles in the Bibliography now,...
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Actually, 'hai' is two Japanese syllables 'ha-i'. It requires two kana to write phonetically. The difference is between a syllable (English) and mora...
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Dear Ella, You have hit on the perennial debate: what, exactly, defines tanka? This is a matter to which considerable attention has been given. The simplest...
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Thanks. That is clear. It was hard for me to hear it but I am beginning to develop my brain/ear conenction a bit more. I can mimic such sounds but not...
