nude,
she looks
out the window—
her lover’s gone
with the early dawn
#poem #poetry #micropoetry #tanka
@FollowBlueFlute: nude/she looks/out the window/her lover’s gone/with the early dawn
Evocative but not 5-7-5-7-7 #tanka form @Clarketacular
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@emlynaddison @Clarketacular 5-7-5-7-7 in Japanese doesn't translate into 5-7-5-7-7 in English. http://www.tankaonline.com/Quick%20Start%20Guide.htm …
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@FollowBlueFlute @Clarketacular Ah. Then this wiki page sorely needs your input: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanka -
@emlynaddison @Clarketacular Japanese words have more syllables than English, so the same syllables in English leads to a more wordy tanka
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@FollowBlueFlute @Clarketacular Understood; I'm just surprised this [essential] fact isn't included in Wikipedia's page on Tanka form. -
@emlynaddison @Clarketacular It is surprising, but the page does seem sparse. Guess it's not a popular topic :P
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@FollowBlueFlute That's where you come in: popularize it! If the form is properly explained/translated your hashtag would mean something. -
@emlynaddison It's pretty well known among the English tanka/haiku journals & their contributors, but it does need to be more popularized
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