writing a tanka
is two lines more difficult
than is a haiku
two lines more difficult and
fourteen extra syllables
Author notes
Option #1 - tanka form
A contest entry
- Japanese Poetry by yukitosumi.
700 points, ended August 29, 2008, 25 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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yes, it is a lot more difficult because there needs to be a pivot between the third and fourth lines. Not achieved too often in these parts, I have observed.
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This tanka made me laugh. It made me think of how sometimes when people are trying to explain form poetry, and then they write a poem in the form about writing the form. "a villanelle is hard to master"
I like it
Best wishes and never stop writing
El
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