Tanka are 5-unrhyming lines of Japanese origin. Perhaps this example clarifies the power and beauty of the form:
"how can I become
so enraged
over her remark. . .
look long in the mirror
see my father staring back"
- ISBN13 9781387918997
- Publish Date 1 July 2018 (first published 7 June 2018)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 May 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook (OEB)
- Language English