Welcome to the Haiku and Tanka website
This website is meant to help readers understand Haikus and Tankas.
the Japanese have a two well known ways to write poems, as you can guess, they are Haiku and Tankas. These poem have a similar writing style which consist of a syllable structure of 5-7-5 or 5-7-5-7-7, Haiku being 5-7-5 and Tankas being 5-7-5-7-7.
Here are some other websites that have Haikus and Tankas.
1. http://www.dailyhaiku.org/haiku/2013-january-16
The first website has a Haiku for every day. you can visit previous Haikus.
2. http://www.muhaikujournal.com/Mu_Haiku_Journal/Mu_Haiku_Journal.htmlThe second website has many Haikus an Tankas that are written by people who aren't authors.
3. http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hennessey/how_to_write_a_tanka_poem.htm
The third website gives an example of how to write a Tanka poem.
the Japanese have a two well known ways to write poems, as you can guess, they are Haiku and Tankas. These poem have a similar writing style which consist of a syllable structure of 5-7-5 or 5-7-5-7-7, Haiku being 5-7-5 and Tankas being 5-7-5-7-7.
Here are some other websites that have Haikus and Tankas.
1. http://www.dailyhaiku.org/haiku/2013-january-16
The first website has a Haiku for every day. you can visit previous Haikus.
2. http://www.muhaikujournal.com/Mu_Haiku_Journal/Mu_Haiku_Journal.htmlThe second website has many Haikus an Tankas that are written by people who aren't authors.
3. http://www.edu.pe.ca/stjean/playing%20with%20poetry/Hennessey/how_to_write_a_tanka_poem.htm
The third website gives an example of how to write a Tanka poem.
An example of some Haiku and Tanka poems can also be found at this link. http://www.ahapoetry.com/bvl/gorgone2.htm