Three Tankas
February 25, 2010As a poet for today’s rally, I want to feature three Tankas. A Tanka is a Japanese type of poem. It consists of five lines. The first and the third lines have five syllables while the rest of the poem has seven. I have already tried Haiku, so I’m giving this a try as well. I hope you guys enjoy. ๐
The Grave
The rose smells so sweet.
In her hands, so red, so lush.
But the tears that fall
Portray the sadness she feels,
Leaving the rose on his grave.
The Friend
A joyous flower,
Looking so clean and friendly,
Daisies look so cute.
I wish he’d give me daisies;
His friendship, I so cherish.
My Father
He gave me tulips
Because I was his baby.
He painted flowers
So beautiful to see and
Called them “Tulips for Isha”
Well done, very nicely composed, all of them ๐
by talibhaiku February 25, 2010 at 11:47 amthanks… it’s my first time to try the Tanka… ๐
by ishabelle February 25, 2010 at 12:19 pmthey are awesome.
by S Basu February 25, 2010 at 3:39 pmthanks for the comment… ๐
by ishabelle February 25, 2010 at 8:46 pm[…] https://ishabellemanalo.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/three-tankas/ […]
by Thursday Poets’ Rally Week 7 (Feb 25-March 3, 2010) « Jingle February 25, 2010 at 3:39 pmthanks for explaining the style of writing a tanka.
by S Basu February 25, 2010 at 3:40 pmhey! I love the tankas. Esp the last one, and esp the last line ๐ Thanks for commenting on my poem!
by moondai February 25, 2010 at 7:05 pmthanks, moondai… ๐ im so glad that you liked the last poem… it’s also my favorite…
by ishabelle February 25, 2010 at 8:48 pmwell done..an interesting blend of feelings with these…
by brian miller February 25, 2010 at 8:18 pmuh-huh!!! it’s not really just for one person… or it could be for one person, but from the perspective of three different women… ๐
by ishabelle February 25, 2010 at 8:49 pmwonderfully done!
by Jingle February 25, 2010 at 9:57 pmcheers, ๐
thank you, jingle.. it is such an honor to receive wonderful comments from you… ๐
by ishabelle February 25, 2010 at 11:26 pmI like them. I haven’t stopped here in a while so I thought I would drop in and say hello to you.
Hello!
by Tom Baker February 26, 2010 at 1:15 amwelcome back to my site, Tom… im really glad you liked the tankas… ๐
by ishabelle February 26, 2010 at 11:10 amwell I back again and i love your little Tankas but I have bad news as well the site info you sent me ended up being a error…..I’m sending it back to you in hopes maybe you can explain y?
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by shoelessboywonder February 26, 2010 at 12:38 pmtankas? or “haiku”? anyway, it’s good.
by johnonline February 26, 2010 at 1:22 pma tanka and a haiku are two different poetry types, dear….
by ishabelle February 26, 2010 at 1:27 pmdoozy and creative! ๐
fromupabove,
by dollarman February 26, 2010 at 2:50 pmDollarman
hello again, dollarman… glad you came by again… *wink*
by ishabelle February 26, 2010 at 2:54 pmthose are just beautiful Isha..
by nanno1982 February 27, 2010 at 9:27 pmThank you for introducing us to a new type of poetry dear friend ๐
im glad you learned a new style of poetry through my blog, noha…. ๐
by ishabelle February 28, 2010 at 11:54 amAll three of these fit together beautifully! And thank you for explaining what a tanka is! I feel like I appreciated them even more because I knew the form. You write splendidly!
by laurenmichelleotheim February 28, 2010 at 10:15 amyou’re more than welcome, lauren… ๐ i just feel that it’s good to try out other types of poetry sometimes… ๐
by ishabelle February 28, 2010 at 11:55 amHi. Nice poetry. Interesting form too, which you utilize well. Thanks
by dustus February 28, 2010 at 7:31 pmthanks, dustus… ๐ im really appreciate your kind comments… ๐
by ishabelle March 1, 2010 at 10:01 amGorgeous flower sentiments! The tulips verse one made me smile.
And hey, I found you through Jingle and am bestowing the โJannie Funster Lucky Lupine Awardโ upon your poetry blog! You can see it and whisk it home away from this post of mineโฆ
http://www.janniefunster.com/2010/03/02/the-blog-party-a-poem/
Whoo-hoo!!!
๐
by Jannie Funster March 4, 2010 at 1:35 amaww… thanks much, jannie… i am truly honored… ๐
by ishabelle March 4, 2010 at 11:05 ammiss,,im seeing Li Po in you,,or Matsuo Basho either!!!heheh invasion ko miss xah?
by cyril October 30, 2010 at 2:07 pmkay tuungod japanese poems? hehehe,,,,
by ishabelle November 6, 2010 at 10:04 pm