[stylist] structure of tanka and haibun

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The Haibun consists of a haiku and a prose section addressing the same issue.  Or that's what I recall from past discussions on this list.  I took the discussions to a class I teach, and the class members all wrote their own haibuns.  The form was well received.
Lori



-----Original Message-----
From: Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: Writer's Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wed, May 16, 2012 8:01 pm
Subject: [stylist] structure of tanka and haibun


Hi all,

Well, Myrna shared with us some neat poetry stemming from a tanka structure.  
I did not study poetry much. I’ve never written many. I recall learning to write 
a haiku in elementary school. From this list I learn that tankas exist—another 
Japanese poem form.

Myrna you said,
I'm not sure if haibun is considered a Japenese form or just an extension 
of one... tanka and haiku of course both are.... You will find different 
instructions on haibun as some will lean more to the modern haiku. 

In my research I found that 
a haibun is Japanese. It is a haiku with more lines. One site that had them was 
this
http://haibuntoday.haikuhut.com/ht44/Article_Woodward_Form.html


So if anyone wants to explain how to write a tanka and haibun, I’d like to hear 
it. I’ll also look it up.  My college english was more papers like argument 
papers, information based papers, and reading analysis. We did not get into 
poetry much. But I’m certainly curious. I might write some poems more. I like 
acrostics.

Ashley
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