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Tanka · Tanka is Japan's oldest poetry form. Traditionally a tanka has five lines with 5-7-5-7-7 syllables. In English some count sylla

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24291 shanna
seestawoman Offline Send Email
Jan 31, 2012
10:59 pm
like the ocean the wind gives and she also blows away wind power heats the water for my morning coffee shanna http://hawaiian-poet-tree.blogspot.com/ [Non-text...
24292 Spiros Zafiris
spiroszafiris Offline Send Email
Feb 2, 2012
7:42 am
... ..what remains the radio seems to disappear a hand remains cradling a notebook and one other hand pens these words ... ..(C)2012 Spiros Zafiris ...
24293 gillena2001 Offline Send Email Feb 4, 2012
1:25 pm
night rain i awake from a dream having met the grandchild i never knew i hankered so much for much love gillena...
24294 Susan Rogers
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Feb 6, 2012
9:47 pm
beautiful tanka gillena! susan ________________________________ From: gillena2001 <gillena@...> To: Tanka@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, February 4, 2012...
24295 gillena2001 Offline Send Email Feb 8, 2012
3:30 pm
http://myblog-lunchbreak.blogspot.com/2012/02/absorbed.html <http://myblog-lunchbreak.blogspot.com/2012/02/absorbed.html> not included..... much love gillena ...
24296 Renee Cassese
renee.cassese Offline Send Email
Feb 23, 2012
3:43 pm
Hello. My name is Renee and I just joined this group. I have been writin gpoetry and fiction for many years and in the past 5 years have begun to write tanka...
24297 Kitsune Miko
PoeticOne_1 Offline Send Email
Feb 23, 2012
4:23 pm
Welcome, you just might want to look at haiga also. Sandy ... -- "Expectations are resentments under construction." -Anne Lamott- [Non-text portions of this...
24298 Bgoodfood@...
barbararobidoux Offline Send Email
Feb 23, 2012
4:29 pm
Hello Rene Where are you taking the class in Japanese poetic forms. I have a book of tnaka and haibun to be release by a publisher here in SantaFe,Nm...
24299 rnee1000@...
renee.cassese Offline Send Email
Feb 23, 2012
4:31 pm
Yes haiga is a good option as well. I've made altered board books of haiku and tanka with art work as gifts for people. Renee ... From: Kitsune Miko Date:...
24300 rnee1000@...
renee.cassese Offline Send Email
Feb 23, 2012
4:41 pm
Barbara. I live in NewYork. I'm taking the class online through Story Circle Network. I love haibun too as I am a poet/flash fiction writer. Renee ... From:...
24301 Spiros Zafiris
spiroszafiris Offline Send Email
Feb 25, 2012
10:14 am
..this one's from Thursday, January 6, 2011 ..and through some oversight, i didn't post it anywhere.. ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ between the lines of his...
24302 Barry Hamilton
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Mar 3, 2012
8:06 pm
HI, Everyone -- one two three shadow birds stream across the sunny sidewalk into their shadow tree Comments welcome. Barry...
24303 H. Gene Murtha
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Mar 14, 2012
2:28 pm
sad indeed. I remember the last tanka Betty read of mine: sharing love with another child I count the different shapes of each snowflake She knew exactly what...
24304 Wahyu W. Basjir
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Mar 14, 2012
3:31 pm
Clouds and memories tanka 1/ observing clouds slowly sail the sky i'm torn in two my expectation escaping the other part of me 2/ sharing memories at high...
24305 H. Gene Murtha
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Mar 14, 2012
6:49 pm
an iris trapped in a vase like love there are things we never wanted in my pickup I look thru the rearview snagged by a pine oak the same garbage that Hilary...
24306 H. Gene Murtha
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Mar 14, 2012
6:52 pm
there isn't anything wrong with omitting articles although, sometimes you do need them. gene...
24307 Spiros Zafiris
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Mar 14, 2012
9:27 pm
~~ ..the parade ... I'm waiting for the St. Patrick's Day parade for spring is always a blink away... or ten tablespoons of olive oil ~~ ~~~~ ..(C)2012 Spiros...
24308 rnee1000@...
renee.cassese Offline Send Email
Mar 15, 2012
12:12 pm
These are beautiful. The images are clear and concrete and there is emotional resonance in each poem Renee ... From: "H. Gene Murtha" Date: Wednesday, March...
24309 WelchM@...
tundraed Offline Send Email
Mar 19, 2012
8:43 pm
I am pleased to announce that Emiko Miyashita and I have a waka (tanka) translation appearing on the back of a U.S. postage stamp, in an edition of ...
24310 Spiros Zafiris
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Mar 29, 2012
7:35 am
..resounding (today's version) ... he persevered and soon enough spring lilacs rose with the effortless calm choice blues of sky resound ~~ Original: he...
24311 Shanna
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Mar 30, 2012
2:50 am
with the speed of light mist creatures move into the darkend forest emagination runs wild chasing away the gloom shanna [Non-text portions of this message have...
24312 Shanna
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Mar 30, 2012
3:24 am
a "menehune" chuckles on the edge of the forest the sound echoe's bringing laughter around the crackling campfire shanna [Non-text portions of this message...
24313 Shanna
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Mar 30, 2012
3:51 am
House of the wind zephrs dance... in and out. thru the window framing with no resistance fresh air from above the clouds "high" on the sweet smell of the...
24314 Kitsune Miko
PoeticOne_1 Offline Send Email
Mar 30, 2012
4:11 am
"like" S ... -- "Expectations are resentments under construction." -Anne Lamott- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
24315 Linda Papanicolaou
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Mar 30, 2012
4:25 am
Agree.  It's beautiful, Shanna. ________________________________ From: Kitsune Miko <kitsunemiko@...> To: Tanka@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, March...
24316 Shanna
seestawoman Offline Send Email
Mar 30, 2012
4:33 am
thank you ... when the roses bloom all is well...
24317 gillena2001 Offline Send Email Apr 11, 2012
10:30 am
Belated Easter Greetings; Hope everyone had a Happy Easter some Easter 2012 postings at Lunch break here http://myblog-lunchbreak.blogspot.com/ much love ...
24318 louis osofsky
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Apr 11, 2012
7:23 pm
in gratitude From: gillena2001 <gillena@...> To: Tanka@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 3:30 AM Subject: [Tanka] Easter   Belated Easter...
24319 WelchM@...
tundraed Offline Send Email
Apr 12, 2012
4:13 pm
For those of you in the United States, if you hadn't already heard, the United States Postal Service issued a postage stamp on March 24 to commemorate the...
24320 Shanna
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Apr 12, 2012
5:56 pm
how wonderful congratulations.... aloha shanna...
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