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American Tanka American Tanka is a print journal devoted exclusively to the fast-growing genre of English-language tanka. The journal's lively website features sample poems from previous issues and an on-line submission form. Tanka Jane Reichhold's tanka page: an index of links to her history of tanka in English, sample tanka that have appeared in her magazines and annual contest booklets, and so on. What is a Tanka? A comprehensive essay on the development of Japanese tanka by Richard MacDonald. Selected Tanka Bibliography An extensive list of books on the subject, compiled and commented upon by William J. Higginson. Kokin Wakashu--Introduction This English-language intro by Prof. Lewis Cook introduces the full Japanese text of the first imperial anthology of Japanese poetry (which requires Japanese-text-handling software). It is a thorough and interesting introduction to the early history of the tanka. Jun Fujita This page gives a brief biography of a pioneer poet of tanka in English, the famous Japanese-American newspaper photographer, Jun Fujita (1888 - 1963), with a link to some of his poems. His 1923 book, Poems in Exile, still reads better than many current works. World Tanka Results Results of the 1st World Tanka Competition, 2000, including the winning poems and comments by the English division judge, James Kirkup. Sponsored by Sakurama Makoto no Kai (Noh player association) of Yamato-city. The theme of the contest was "The grasses beside a stream". In both Japanese and English, which appears about 20% down the page. Mountain-Home Discussion Group The homepage of an online group devoted to the discussion and composition of "modern waka"--moderated by Christopher Baskind and Donna Ferrell. Tanka Poems Of Turki Amer Tanka poems in English and Arabic. Yahoo Groups : Tanka Gateway to a tanka discussion forum moderated by Jane Reichhold. |
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