Poetry Activity: Tanka
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Today's poetry activity is to build a tanka poem.
The tanka is a thirty-one-syllable poem, traditionally written in a single unbroken line. A form of waka, Japanese song or verse, tanka translates as "short song," and is better known in its five-line, 5/7/5/7/7 syllable count form.
Please check out this tutorial video on how to create a tanka:
If you'd like a simpler way to create one, check out the Tanka Poem Generator.
Here's mine:
Sycamore
Oh my sycamore It is hungry and solid. It has perfect limbs And a mighty roots as well When it soars I feel happy
Share your tanka below.