General Poetry posted November 10, 2022 Chapters:  ...59 60 -61- 62... 


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A chapter in the book Tanka Collection

In Your Eyes

by Gypsy Blue Rose


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Looking into your eyes
where eternal love lies quietly 
     in night's blue creek   —
as cool waves wash over me
purging all doubts
 
 

 




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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Gypsy
"The poet waits quietly to paint the unsaid." Atticus
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