Thanks, Alison. I glad you liked the rhythm of this. Maybe you or kirsty could tell me your thought on this. Should there be more of a break between the 3rd...
Surely there is room for a variety of styles of tanka. If they all had a clear break between the 3rd and 4th lines it would be rather dull and predictable....
. I glad you liked the rhythm of this. Maybe you or kirsty ... between ... to make ... do that? ... I think Jane Reichhold says that there can be 3 or 4 images...
... Thanks, kirsty. I'll take a look at Jane's tanka page. I participated in a couple of her "shell games" at ahapoetry, but haven't been back in a while. lot...
... break ... necessary ... you ... participated in a ... a while. ... This website is the result of Jane Reichhold's generosity. She is pretty busy but does,...
Darrell, To smooth out the line breaks, the tanka could be arranged this way: corn harvest in the pale moonlight -- from deep within the workers' lonesome...
Thanks, Jane. It flows much better as you arranged it. I made this one from a haiku, that I thought could be better done as a tanka. Thanks again, Darrell...
... Hi, mahalkita. I really like this tanka, and several others you have posted recently. This is my favorite: On the seas I set Looking down upon the swells ...
