The students in Mrs. Hennessey's class used a photograph to inspire them to write Tanka poetry. We typed the poems using AppleWorks and we scanned the coordinating pictures.

The Tanka poem is very similar to haiku but Tanka poems have more syllables and it uses simile, metaphor and personification. ... Tanks poems are written about nature, seasons, love,

Welcome to my house; We will go to the forest; We'll look at the trees; And we will go bird watching; Thank you for coming with me; ... By Richard Jones III - September 26, 2000 ... [Art on the Net]

Welcome to the American Tanka homepage. Tanka poetry is the oldest and most popular form of poetry in Japan. ... tanka: the focused moment in our modern world

Thus, if you begin your tanka with a nature image using a short line (five syllables if you are counting) plus a long line (7 syllables), the pivot gains importance by standing alone.

Judith Ann Gorgone ... Wood, tile and concrete; Japans geometric landscape pattern contrasts nature;

A Tanka poem has five lines with an odd-number syllable pattern of 5-7-5-7-7 in the respective lines. A Tanka usually breaks into ... the first two or three lines often depict the world of nature.

Today, the poem consists of five lines. Lines 1 and 3 have five syllables, and lines 2, 4 and 5 have seven syllables. Usually, the Tanka is written about nature and/or seasons.

Japan Poem is an electronic greeting service and professional customer relationship management (CRM) tool incorporating among its features the elegance of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Japanese court ...

A Haiku is a popular form of Japanese poetry that focused on nature, ... Brainstorm words for your tanka poem. Think about your idea or theme, and come up with as many words as you possibly can.