Dear Readers, I had no intention of writing a Tanka. But I read so many GloPoWriMo/NaNoWriMo poets offering this poetic form that I got pulled in. So, thank you for the inspiration. Honestly, this is only my second attempt at it but I have to admit, trying Japanese poetic forms is always fun. So, my …
Book Review- the forest i know
Book: The Forest I Know (a gathering of tanka verses) Author: Kala Ramesh Publisher: HarperCollinsIN Genre: Poetry Language: English The Tanka is a traditional Japanese poetry form, popularly called the ‘short song’. Originally written as a one-line poem with thirty-one syllables, it is broken into five poetic lines with a 5-7-5-7-7 structure when written in …
A Hundred Quills 