writeALONG! 9th May

A TUESDAY FEATURE

host: Muskaan Ahuja, Lakshmi Iyer

guest editor: K. Ramesh

TAKE THE CHALLENGE!

Tanka has more space when you compare it with haiku. One can express one’s feelings as well. In this exercise, you will convert the tanka given below to a haiku. Please note that you have to write a haiku that is as evocative as the tanka itself.

spiraling

a winged seed makes its way

to the ground

the strange beauty

of my own crooked path

-- Cherie Hunter Day

2) Select a Tanka which you have composed and try to convert it to a haiku. Share both your

haiku and tanka.