Post-Sandy
I'm definitely not promising I'll do the November tanka challenge. However...
So glad for small things
We find unguessed survivors
The tank is alive!
Now we pray for one pleco
And two small snails: please endure.
ETA: The rules for the challenge, from danabren and gurdymonkey before her:
Write one tanka (waka)* a day for the month of November
*Resources on tanka:
http://www.ahapoetry.com/TANKA.HTM
http://www.americantanka.com/
http://www.wodefordhall.com/heianpoetryjam.htm
The spirit of this poetic form being the impermanence of this dewdrop life, no other make-ups are permitted. If you miss a day, you miss a day and as in real life, you never get it back. (You're on the honor system here....)
No limits on subject matter other than any you chose to impose upon yourself. Hopefully, some moment in your day will inspire you to write about it.
If you write more than one tanka a day, fine. However, you may not carry over tanka to other days. You have to write a poem on each day.
(If you are inspired to "answer" someone else's poem, great. Personally, if I do so, I am not going to count it toward my daily assignment. The idea is to come up with something myself each day. What you do is up to you.)
Adherence to the 5-7-5-7-7 line/syllable count is required, otherwise it's not a tanka.
It's poetry, not stereo instructions. It should say something and it should make sense.
No rewrites. (I know, I'm evil, but it's part of the process of practicing this form. At least for me.)
If you want to share your poems, you may post them to this thread at http://community.livejournal.com/tankachallenge/profile
This challenge originally premiered in 2008.
So glad for small things
We find unguessed survivors
The tank is alive!
Now we pray for one pleco
And two small snails: please endure.
ETA: The rules for the challenge, from danabren and gurdymonkey before her:
Write one tanka (waka)* a day for the month of November
*Resources on tanka:
http://www.ahapoetry.com/TANKA.HTM
http://www.americantanka.com/
http://www.wodefordhall.com/heianpoetryjam.htm
The spirit of this poetic form being the impermanence of this dewdrop life, no other make-ups are permitted. If you miss a day, you miss a day and as in real life, you never get it back. (You're on the honor system here....)
No limits on subject matter other than any you chose to impose upon yourself. Hopefully, some moment in your day will inspire you to write about it.
If you write more than one tanka a day, fine. However, you may not carry over tanka to other days. You have to write a poem on each day.
(If you are inspired to "answer" someone else's poem, great. Personally, if I do so, I am not going to count it toward my daily assignment. The idea is to come up with something myself each day. What you do is up to you.)
Adherence to the 5-7-5-7-7 line/syllable count is required, otherwise it's not a tanka.
It's poetry, not stereo instructions. It should say something and it should make sense.
No rewrites. (I know, I'm evil, but it's part of the process of practicing this form. At least for me.)
If you want to share your poems, you may post them to this thread at http://community.livejournal.com/tankachallenge/profile
This challenge originally premiered in 2008.