Image © 2011-2015 by Patrick Gallagher. |
Eucalypt, A Tanka Journal.
Modern Japanese Tanka edited by Makoto Ueda. Twenty Japanese poets: their development of tanka in the 20th century. |
Highlights of Poetry.
Index of poetry.
How to Write Poetry.
Books read. |
How to write specific forms:
Haibun. Haiku. Hay(na)ku. Rengay. Tanka. Ballade. Cinquain. Concrete. Fib. Ghazal. Lai. Pantoum. Prose poem. Rondeau. Rubáiyát. Sestina. Skaldic verse. Sonnet. Terza rima. Triolet. Tritina. Villanelle. |
Bashō.
Beverly Acuff Momoi.
Claire Gallagher.
J. Zimmerman. J. Zimmerman (haiku). J. Zimmerman (haibun). J. Zimmerman (tanka). Jane Hirshfield. Kay Ryan. Kay Ryan's style. Kay Ryan The Best Of It: New and Selected Poems. Marianna Monaco. Ouzel (James Arnold). Patricia J. Machmiller. Shiki. |
Tanka by Peggy Heinrich, J. Zimmerman, and Patrick Gallagher |
A collection of new and selected tanka from one tanka collective, the Ichi Tanka Gang, whose works (particularly those of the experienced and highly regarded Peggy Heinrich) have been widely published.
A sample poem by each poet is below:
A favorite of Peggy Heinrich:
last summer we laughed at long shadows cast by small stones — I no longer smile at dark shapes on sand [First published in Time Haiku, Tanka Pool, number 32, August 2010] |
© 2010-2015 by Peggy Heinrich. |
A favorite of J. Zimmerman:
The agility of the falcon alighting on my fist, then as she steps into the sky my moment of envy [First published in Ribbons Tanka Café, 2010] |
© 2010-2017 by J. Zimmerman. |
A favorite of Patrick Gallagher:
this carnival by far the grandest on Earth it came so quickly being queued up for the last ride |
© 2011-2015 by Patrick Gallagher. |
Related pages:
Poetry index.
How to Write Poetry.
How to write specific forms: Haibun. Haiku. Hay(na)ku. Rengay. Tanka. |
Books of Poetry Form. |
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