Spring Tanka Challenge
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gurdymonkeyLast November we had a lot of people participate in my little tanka challenge. I also had several suggest doing it again.
Well, spring is here, birds are flirting behind veils of sakura blossoms. What better time than to revive this exercise?
Here's the concept:
Write one tanka (waka)* each day in the month of April.
*Resources on tanka:
http://www.ahapoetry.com/TANKA.HTM
http://www.americantanka.com/
http://www.wodefordhall.com/heianpoetryjam.htm
The spirit of this poetic form being the impermanence of this dewdrop life, no make-ups are permitted. If you miss a day, you miss a day and as in real life, you can 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 [i]not [/i]carry over tanka to other days. The point is to write at least one poem each day.
(If you are inspired to "answer" someone else's poem, go for it. 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. As the cherry blossom falls, so must your verse.
Challenge begins April 1, ends April 30.
Have fun.
Well, spring is here, birds are flirting behind veils of sakura blossoms. What better time than to revive this exercise?
Here's the concept:
Write one tanka (waka)* each day in the month of April.
*Resources on tanka:
http://www.ahapoetry.com/TANKA.HTM
http://www.americantanka.com/
http://www.wodefordhall.com/heianpoetryjam.htm
The spirit of this poetic form being the impermanence of this dewdrop life, no make-ups are permitted. If you miss a day, you miss a day and as in real life, you can 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 [i]not [/i]carry over tanka to other days. The point is to write at least one poem each day.
(If you are inspired to "answer" someone else's poem, go for it. 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. As the cherry blossom falls, so must your verse.
Challenge begins April 1, ends April 30.
Have fun.
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Date: 2009-03-31 03:41 am (UTC)I'll be starting the challenge on April 2nd (with two poems), because it's a long-standing tradition of mine to avoid the internet on April Fool's Day. But I'll be sure and write one of those poems on April 1st, to be fair. ;-D
Looking forward to the fun!
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Date: 2009-03-31 04:01 pm (UTC)BTW, did you notice that sometime in the last 24 hours sca_silkroad got deleted?