General Poetry posted October 10, 2023 | Chapters: | ...50 51 -52- 53... |
Tanka Suite - 5 Lines 31 Syllables or Less Each
A chapter in the book 2023 Gypsy's Tanka
Tempest Descends
by Gypsy Blue Rose
For Rules, Please Read My Author Notes
tempest descends
and I lose my footing again below dark clouds I'm pushed and turned by torrential tears and pain agony and grief seized my heart and soul I'm seeking God's omnipresent love as my prayers ascend to the serene sky |
ascend= move upwards
descend= move downwards
omnipresent= God is present everywhere at the same time
Tanka is a Japanese unrhymed poem having about 12 to 31 syllables usually arranged in five lines and read in about two breaths in length when read aloud. The first poets who wrote tanka imitated the Japanese models of a 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic structure in five lines. This resulted in poems that were too long in comparison to Japanese tanka. The first tanka were padded or chopped to meet the fixed number of syllables. Additionally, the third line must transition 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 === 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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Pays
one point
and 2 member cents. descend= move downwards
omnipresent= God is present everywhere at the same time
Tanka is a Japanese unrhymed poem having about 12 to 31 syllables usually arranged in five lines and read in about two breaths in length when read aloud. The first poets who wrote tanka imitated the Japanese models of a 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic structure in five lines. This resulted in poems that were too long in comparison to Japanese tanka. The first tanka were padded or chopped to meet the fixed number of syllables. Additionally, the third line must transition 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 === 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
picture from pinterest
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