[stylist] Tanka

Myrna Badgerow myrnaspoetry at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 11 23:24:07 UTC 2015 

Well Eve that's exactly what I had to do. I so disliked the format first and now it is one of my favorites.  

Myrna

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> On Aug 11, 2015, at 6:09 PM, EvaMarie Sanchez via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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."
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> 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
>> 
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>> 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
>>>>> To: Writers' Division Mailing List
>>>>> 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
>>>>> 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.
>>>>> 
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