Strawberry moon happens in June.

I'm inspired by Japanese women poets. Tanka Poems are written primarily by women. One of them was, Yosano Akiko. Besides writing tanka, she was also an essayist, autobiographer, and novelist. Her first tanka collection was called -Tangled Hair -. She wrote prolifically to help support her family. (She gave birth to 13 children, 11 of whom survived to adulthood.) A prominent pacifist and feminist. She later founded a women's college, in 1921, and advocated for women's rights and education. She was a socialist sympathizer, and openly opposed the war in the twentieth century. for more information click here

TANKA is a Japanese poetic form that originated in Japan's Imperial Court, where the men and women engaged in courtship would exchange tanka after an intimate night. This poetic form was created 1,200 years ago.
FORM:
It's written in a concise manner of 31 syllables (5/7/5/7/7) OR LESS because Japanese and English syllables are different. Personification, metaphor, and simile are permitted in Tanka. Capitalization and punctuation should only be used when necessary and it never rhymes.
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click here if you want to see tanka rules
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click here if you want to see modern tanka examples
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click here to read Tanka Society of America
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click here to read why is 5/7/5 OR LESS rule
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click here to read Masterpiece Classes
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Thank you very much for taking the time to read and review my poem.

Gypsy
Hand over the chocolate and nobody gets hurt.

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