6 March, 2011
Syllable break up of the lines, 5/7/5/7/7
With/ co/lour /and /light (5)
fra/gran/ces/ and/ sweet/ pa/ssion- (7)
This/ moment/ of /Truth! (5)
Cro/ssing /my/ thre/shold/ – steal/thi/ly, (7)
Love,/ it /cleaves /in/to /my /Soul! (7)
[As you know by now, 🙂 ] A Haiku works with 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines of 5/7/5 syllables to each line, and evokes an aspect of nature and the seasons, with the last line holding the punch so to speak.
Tanka on the other hand gives the writer more space to work with – 31 syllables, arranged in 5 lines of 5/7/5/7/7 syllables each. Tanka is an older form of the lyric in Japanese… dating to 13 centuries ago, while Haiku is just about 3 centuries ago..Tanka was mainly written between lovers, as society had accepted the fact that a man’s dallying with another woman, other than his wife was normal!! After the man departed early in the morning, he would send a Tanka to his lady love with his message of love..
March 6, 2011 at 9:40 am
🙂 When love seeps into the heart – can there be a greater blessing!
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March 6, 2011 at 9:58 am
Shal… thank you :)you say it true!
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March 6, 2011 at 1:41 pm
just another way to express it….it has always been eternal…. 🙂
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March 6, 2011 at 3:10 pm
Must have been a wonderful moment of truth 🙂
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March 8, 2011 at 3:34 am
Like a white light cleaved to colurs by a prismso too love, on life. causing a mighty spasmand at the same time bridging a chasmfor wounds of time offering a healing cataplasm.Thanks I learnt something new today teacher. 🙂
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March 8, 2011 at 1:59 pm
nice poemtanka
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March 11, 2011 at 4:56 pm
lofty! delightful! 🙂
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