writeALONG! 9th May
- Muskaan Ahuja
- May 9, 2023
- 1 min read
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.
My tanka- haikuKATHA, Issue 16
.
father's HMT watch
still in his drawer . . .
i wind
the time backwards
to my favourite memory
.
The haiku version
.
father's HMT watch
still in his drawer . . .
my favourite memory
.
Feedback please
Interesting challenge, Ramesh
#2 One of mine: tanka and haiku:
i ride
in the bullock cart
my daughter
walks with the bullocks
keeping them company
bullock cart
and she walks alongside
talking to the bull
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One of mine now.
the twists and turns
in a river's journey
to the sea
your long absence
shaping my days
the shape
of a river's journey
your long absence
the spiraling beauty of my crooked path winged seed
I can see both the crooked path and the spiralling seed! Thank you for sharing it!