[stylist] Tanka

Tue Aug 11 23:09:16 UTC 2015

Thanks all. You are very helpful.
I am not sure I can get into this though. I keep trying, but each effort
feels unfinished. I want to put just one more line. Seriously, every time
it is the same. Maybe in the future it will be right for me to try again.
Eve

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"You do not need to have vision to see the stars."

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 3:19 PM, Lynda Lambert via stylist <
stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Or, exhausted!
> all aboard!
> I did find a really great Tanka magazine today and on the "about" tab
> there is a very thorough explanation of  things we have been discussing
> here. It's interesting to hear what you all have had to say and I was
> surprised at the amount of interest in this topic.
> The mag is called "American Tanka" if anyone wants to delve into it
> further. The latest issue has 20 tanks published and I loved the way each
> page has only one tanka so that a reader can be totally absorbed in the
> "moment" of the poem. When it is all said and done, the tanka is about just
> one moment in time. For more you can visit:   www.americantanka.com
>
> Lynda
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Myrna Badgerow via stylist
> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2015 6:07 PM
> To: Writers' Division Mailing List
> Cc: Myrna Badgerow
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Tanka
>
>
> Tanka does not have to be about nature as haiku does but many still seem
> to be nature related or metaphorically so. Just an observance on my part
> But as will all forms of oriental poetry the difference between 'English'
> translation of the rules and the Oriental version can be hugely contrasting.
> It can leave you scratching your head.
> Myrna
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 10, 2015, at 11:40 PM, Barbara HAMMEL via stylist <
>> stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>> President, National Federation of the Blind Northern Arizona
>>> President, National Federation of the Blind Writers' Division
>>> Committee Chair, Arizona Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> Affiliate Member, National Federation of the Blind Legislative Committee
>>> Affiliate Member, National Federation of the Blind Membership Committee
>>> Member, Slate & Style Editing Team
>>>
>>> "You do not need to have vision to see the stars."
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Jackie Williams via stylist <
>>> stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----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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>>>> Cc: Lynda Lambert
>>>> Subject: Re: [stylist] Tanka
>>>>
>>>> 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
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>>>> 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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