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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Tanka Poem

According to Asian tradition, if someone writes you a haiku, you are to write a tanka poem in return to them. It is a way of saying thank you. The tanka poem does not have to be on the same subject. a tanka is five lines long and the number of syllables in each line follows this pattern:
Line 1: five syllables
Line 2: seven syllables
Line 3 five syllables
Line 4: seven syllables
Live 5: seven syllables

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