Tanka

Write out your tanka (in landscape) on one of your cards. Rule pencil lines first and then rub them out when you have finished.

Punctuation: because tanka are trains of thought, we have decided to use ‘minimalist’ punctuation, like the tanka that we looked at. However, if it is necessary to avoid confusion then of course punctuate. You must still have a full stop at the end, and a capital letter at the beginning of every line.

Use blue ink.

Your title should appear at the top left, underlined.
Then leave a blank line.
Then your poem.
Then leave another blank line.
Then your initials. No date.

Example:

Song

Can you hear it now?
Soft and sweet upon the night
Seducing my heart
With sounds so pure and tender:
The song of the nightingale.

MM

Your picture should be landscape too. Use only these colours, to make our display more effective: Yellow Green Brown You can also use grey and black.