Post by Please Delete on Oct 30, 2021 9:26:40 GMT -5
Taking the liberty of posting this in anticipation of this year's tanka challenge. Here is the explanation from Saiongi Shōnagon from 2018:
It's almost November and you know what THAT means!
Here's the concept:
Write one tanka (waka)* a day for the month of November.
*Resources on tanka:
www.ahapoetry.com/TANKA.HTM
www.americantanka.com/
www.wodefordhall.com/heianpoetryjam.htm
The spirit of this poetic form being the impermanence of this dewdrop life, no other make-ups are permitted. If you miss a day, you miss a day and as in real life, you never get it back. (You're on the honor system here....)
No limits on subject matter other than any you chose to impose upon yourself. Hopefully, some moment in your day will inspire you to write about it.
If you write more than one tanka a day, fine. However, you may not carry over tanka to other days. You have to write a poem on each day.
(If you are inspired to "answer" someone else's poem, great. Personally, if I do so, I am not going to count it toward my daily assignment. The idea is to come up with something myself each day. What you do is up to you.)
Adherence to the 5-7-5-7-7 line/syllable count is required, otherwise it's not a tanka.
It's poetry, not stereo instructions. It should say something and it should make sense.
No rewrites. (I know, I'm evil, but it's part of the process of practicing this form. At least for me.)
If you want to share your poems, post them to your wall.
This challenge originally premiered in 2008.
Good luck everyone!
It's almost November and you know what THAT means!
Here's the concept:
Write one tanka (waka)* a day for the month of November.
*Resources on tanka:
www.ahapoetry.com/TANKA.HTM
www.americantanka.com/
www.wodefordhall.com/heianpoetryjam.htm
The spirit of this poetic form being the impermanence of this dewdrop life, no other make-ups are permitted. If you miss a day, you miss a day and as in real life, you never get it back. (You're on the honor system here....)
No limits on subject matter other than any you chose to impose upon yourself. Hopefully, some moment in your day will inspire you to write about it.
If you write more than one tanka a day, fine. However, you may not carry over tanka to other days. You have to write a poem on each day.
(If you are inspired to "answer" someone else's poem, great. Personally, if I do so, I am not going to count it toward my daily assignment. The idea is to come up with something myself each day. What you do is up to you.)
Adherence to the 5-7-5-7-7 line/syllable count is required, otherwise it's not a tanka.
It's poetry, not stereo instructions. It should say something and it should make sense.
No rewrites. (I know, I'm evil, but it's part of the process of practicing this form. At least for me.)
If you want to share your poems, post them to your wall.
This challenge originally premiered in 2008.
Good luck everyone!