Good day to everyone. Another attempt to write tanka while participating in Colleen’s #TankaTuesday challenge where the rules are to to write in any of the 24 syllabic forms of Japanese poetry using a kigo or season word as an inspiration. While there are 24 seasons in Japan, we are allowed to use season words as per our region.
I hope I have understood the rules 🙂
I belong to India and the monsoon season is still lingering around, although I believe it has begun its, albeit belated, withdrawal.
a monsoon shower –
hanging on the long clothesline
sparkling diamonds
thieves break-in to find my cache
of dripping garments
So monsoon is my kigo. While the tanka is not exactly 5/7/5/7/7 syllables, I believe a total of 31 syllables or less is also acceptable. Am I right? Did this work? I also wasnt sure if I was supposed to include the image. Would love to know your thoughts, comments and suggestions.
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