What is a Tanka?

April is set aside as National Poetry Month to celebrate poets and poetry. The Academy of American Poets and other  poetry organizations schedule events this month. 

For more information visit: National Poetry Month.

My second favorite poetry style is a Tanka (plural Tanka).

tan·ka /ˈtäNGkə/(noun)

1. a Japanese poem consisting of five lines, the first and third of which have five syllables and the other seven, making 31 syllables in all and giving a complete picture of an event or mood. 5/7/5/7/7=31

Nature Tanka

 By Maritza M. Mejia@2015

from Poems, Thoughts and More 

~Summer Breeze~

Tell me gentle wind

Is it at last hot summer?

I can feel warm air

Announcing he is coming

Wet, tan, fun, in the offing

~ Misused Nature~

As the earth spins

Some feel the temperate breeze

Others the cool freeze

Mother Nature screams out

Please be kind is all I ask

~Colorful Sky~

Seasons come and go

Bringing hot, warm, or cold air

Unfolding colors

Yellow, Orange, tan, red, green,

What a beautiful display!

  For this month readings, I present to you my Award Poetry Book:

Poems, Thoughts and More 

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