[stylist] Tanka

[Barbara HAMMEL]

Webbl, for starters the lines follow a 5 7 5 7 7 pattern. They must be written about nature and, I think, they must employ metaphors or similes or personification. Am I right, tanka writers?
Barbara

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> On Aug 10, 2015, at 22:56, EvaMarie Sanchez via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> So come on one of you... How do you write a Tanka? Are there any rules or
> patterns to go by?
> Sestinas  and cinquains are so simple, but I am at a loss with these Tanka
> things. They all seem so different.
> Eve
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> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Jackie Williams via stylist <
> stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Lynda,
>> Thank you. That is good to know. They do not mention any form but the Haiku
>> in the state contest brochures.
>> 
>> Jackie Lee
>> 
>> Time is the school in which we learn.
>> Time is the fire in which we burn.
>> Delmore Schwartz
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda
>> Lambert
>> via stylist
>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 2:47 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Tanka
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>> Breaking news: No titles and no numbering is permitted in tanka circles -
>> or
>> 
>> in the publications of the tanks society literary magazines.  Lynda
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jackie Williams via stylist
>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 1:50 PM
>> To: 'Writers' Division Mailing List'
>> Cc: Jackie Williams
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Tanka
>> 
>> Shawn,
>> Do Tanka not have titles like Haiku?
>> Your first line is a bit confusing to me, with the word Wonderout and it
>> makes six syllables. I love the rest of it, and will think about it as I
>> imagine looking into the heavens at the stars.
>> 
>> Jackie Lee
>> 
>> Time is the school in which we learn.
>> Time is the fire in which we burn.
>> Delmore Schwartz
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jacobson,
>> Shawn D via stylist
>> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 10:28 AM
>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List (stylist at nfbnet.org)
>> Cc: Jacobson, Shawn D
>> Subject: [stylist] Tanka
>> 
>> Here's one (since we're trading tankas.
>> 
>> Wonderout father God
>> who also is my mother
>> I shall give you praise.
>> You gorge the great burning stars,
>> And give rest to little ones.
>> 
>> Shawn
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