Are you ready for the November Tanka Challenge

[gurdymonkey]

It's getting to be that time!

Here's the concept:
Write one tanka (waka)* a day for the month of November.

*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 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, you may post them to the Tanka Challenge community at http://community.livejournal.com/tankachallenge/profile

This challenge originally premiered in 2008.

Good luck everyone!

Comments

[aeddie.livejournal.com]

I look forward to reading yours again this year. I know you do them for you and not for comment. But as usual if one touches me then I will probably comment on it.

Who knows I may try to write one or two this year. Though I'm not doing the challenge.

[gurdymonkey.livejournal.com]

It's a fun form to play around with (hence my continued attempts at them), so do what inspires you.