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.