Short Waka Poems
Short Waka Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Waka by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Waka by length and keyword.
Haiku In a Word
waka*
*japanese poem...
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Categories:
waka, poetry, word play,
Form:
Haiku
Four On the Floor
Four on the Floor
Lying between primes 3/5/7
4x4 cube drives over
waka, haiku, senryu, tanka,
to chime, sublime eloquence....
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Categories:
waka, poetry,
Form:
Verse
Tanka With Kala
Blog chatter set off
Tanka with kala for us
to think and ink well
the art of Japan's waka
31 syllable to fit in 5 lines
( Note :Kala is the name of the teacher)...
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Categories:
waka, poems,
Form:
Tanka
In My Sketchbook
waka,tanka,yugen
elegant poem-songs to pen
haiga,wenren,haiku
multi-talents to read or view
renga,haikai,haibun
light or long,poetry-prose can be fun
senryu,kigo kireji
the cutting word..is the key...
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Categories:
waka, on writing and words
Form:
Couplet
Two Fire Waka
[Two waka in memory of those who
escaped California wildfires and
those who didn't make it out.
5,7,5,7,7]
A shower of stars?
Dry forest is ablaze now.
We wander blinded.
Ashen snow rains on our path
blocking hope to find our way.
Fire rains from above?
Fiery pink fish run upstream.
Doe races through brush,
she our guide on paths of fear,
our hopes in one direction....
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Categories:
waka, fire, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Message To You
Message to you
Tanka poem
By Michelle Morris
04/12/2020
You are out of reach.
Communication is done.
How can we talk now?
Can you read my mind, lovely?
I love and miss you dearly.
© Michelle Morris, 2020
The tanka is a thirty-one-syllable poem, traditionally written in a single unbroken line. A form of waka, Japanese song or verse, tanka translates as "short song," and is better known in its five-line, 5/7/5/7/7 syllable count form....
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Categories:
waka, courage, i love you, i miss you,
Form:
Tanka
Sanctuary
Place of refuge.
The asylum in my head,
Transports each sadness
Into my safe place –
There, imagination rules.
© Dane Smith-Johnsen
9/25/2010
Research References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waka_(poetry)#Tanka 5,7,5,7,7
http://tankaonline.com/From%20the%20Man'yoshu%20essay.htm “…contemporary tanka are much freer in
conent and in word usage than classical waka, and there is now greater room for individual creativity within the
conventional framework of the form….”...
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Categories:
waka, peace, places
Form:
Tanka
Hotaru's Heartbeat
Fluttering fireflies
Above the creek baited sly
Hoodwinked in high skies
Genji's ruthless ruse
Foiling Hotaru's scheme
In summer rains' reprise
Pattering musical notes
On screen to wilfully tease
Dark nights dashing dream
Fireflies sparking muse
Unveiling the radiant allure
Of Tamakazura's fair silhouette
Smitten Hotaru pens love pure
A waka to win her heart yet
Hear Hotaru's heartbeat
In relentless petition
Seeking solemn retreat
In love's glorious rendition...
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Categories:
waka, first love, literature, symbolism,
Form:
Rhyme