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Welcome to the American Tanka homepage. Tanka poetry is the oldest and most popular form of poetry in Japan. American Tanka is a print journal devoted exclusively to the fast-growing genre of English-language tanka. ... tanka: the focused moment in our modern world...
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www.americantanka.com/
www.americantanka.com/
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In the Winter '90 issue of Mirrors, I wrote in the essay "Tanka for the Memory" that not many rules for tanka had been written in English. That's still true, but in the meantime I've searched the longer bookshelves of Berkeley stores.
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www.ahapoetry.com/TANKA.HTM
www.ahapoetry.com/TANKA.HTM
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Japanese sword mountings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The koshirae is the mounting 'worn' by a Japanese sword (e.g. katana ) when the sword is being worn by its owner, whereas shirasaya is the wooden sheath and grip the sword wears when in stor...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_sword_mountings
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The Tanka poem is very similar to haiku but Tanka poems have more syllables and it uses simile, metaphor and personification. ... There are five lines in a Tanka poem. ... The Poetry Zone has a good description of Haiku and Tanka poetry.
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www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hennessey/...
www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hennessey/how_to_write_a_tanka_poem.htm
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The students in Mrs. Hennessey's class used a photograph to inspire them to write Tanka poetry. We typed the poems using AppleWorks and we scanned the coordinating pictures. We hope you enjoy reading the poems. We would like you to e-mail us your Tanka poems that correspond with the pictures below...
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www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hennessey/...
www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hennessey/tanka.htm
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So, looking at the Tanka's history, it is clear that it is a very interesting type of literature. ... Tanka is an interesting type of poetry, and Sedoka is one of the two forms that can actually be written down (Choka is the other) but it isn't easy.
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www.sarasota.k12.fl.us/bhs/bryan/bryan_tanka.html
www.sarasota.k12.fl.us/bhs/bryan/bryan_tanka.html
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Woman and men composed tanka. Often they wrote and sent the tanka to an actual or desired lover. ... Each line (or sound group) of a tanka can be a different one image or idea, with the resulting five lines flowing together as a greater whole.
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www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/tanka.htm
www.baymoon.com/~ariadne/form/tanka.htm
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Waka (poetry) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Waka (和歌 literally "Japanese poem") or Yamato uta is a genre of classical Japanese verse and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. The term was coined during the Heian period, and was use...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waka_(poetry)
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