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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Lynda,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you so much. Tanka was the name that escaped me. I will try the web site which, I hope, will clarify which form allows other than nature and seasonal themes to be addressed in the poem. I seem always want to write about human situations or emotions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Jacqueline Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Clarity is just questioning having eaten its fill.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'> Jenny Xie<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Linda Lambert via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 30, 2020 12:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <stylist@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> llambert@zoominternet.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] Haiku for Spring<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>Hi Jackie,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>Good questions. Thanks for asking.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>Yes, I used the 3/5/3 intentionally. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>The poem is a Japanese form, and Japanese syllabic count is very different than English.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>So this creates a dilemma for those who choose to write in English. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>You can find some fantastic information on this topic by visiting the Tanka Society of America site.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW><a href="http://www.tankasocietyofamerica.org/">http://www.tankasocietyofamerica.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>In particular, there is a great link that discusses this issue very well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW><a href="http://www.tankasocietyofamerica.org/tanka-teachers-guide">http://www.tankasocietyofamerica.org/tanka-teachers-guide</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>This publication gives a lot of insight into the aesthetics of the tanka, and it applies quite a lot to Haiku as well<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>Haiku and Tanka appear, at first blush to be very easy to write. When we dip into the Japanese<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>Forms in poetry we soon learn more about them and find that we opened a door that takes us places we never dreamed of going. Mysteries. Complexities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW>I think I can spend my lifetime exploring these 2 Japanese forms, and still have so far to go. Hope this helps. Lynda<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-ZW><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>From:</b> Stylist <<a href="mailto:stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org">stylist-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jackie via Stylist<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 30, 2020 2:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Writers' Division Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:stylist@nfbnet.org">stylist@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Jackie <<a href="mailto:jackieleepoet@cox.net">jackieleepoet@cox.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stylist] Haiku for Spring<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span lang=EN-ZW><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Lynda,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>A lovely Haiku.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>It uses the syllable count I think of as the standard. Your directions to the group had 3-5-3 instead. I thought that form had a different name. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>In the classroom, starting poetry classes always use the 5-7-5 form. I think this is a bit less intimidating as it is a bit easier.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>You are a connoisseur of the Japanese forms, so I would like comments. 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