Exceptional Modern Tanka Suite 2023 Gypsy's Tanka : ~ In Your Absence ~ by Gypsy Blue Rose For Rules, Please Read My Author Notes

in your absence I'll befriend the sea and dive deep    into its aquamarine waters— I wish it were you I yearn for your touch but you are not here I'll befriend the warm wind   and let it caress my skin— I wish it were you I want to get lost in your cerulean blue eyes but for now I'll befriend the sky— I wish it were you     Recognized Author Notes written in lowercase without punctuation Modern 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 rules 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. pictures from pinterest

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