Writing Challenge: Tanka Time
January 20, 2006
After the favourable response to the 55 fiction challenge
I've decided that, from time to time, I'd like to issue a weekend writing
challenge to my readers and the world wide web-at-large.
This week I heard about an interesting visual arts project
running out of Charlottetown, PEI in which painters were given the unfinished work of other artists to complete. It made me think of tanka -- the Japanese verse form.
Tanka's are essentially haikus capped off with two additional 7 syllable lines (making it, in syllable
structure, 5-7-5-7-7). The trick is, historically, the additional two lines are added by a different author.
So here's the challenge --
submit a haiku to which someone can add a couple of extra lines or
express yourself by adding to the work of another contributor.
Don't worry about making art, make fun instead.
I've left a few haikus to get the process started
leave your creations in the comments section --
all are welcome!
Posted by Robert Hiscock @ 1/20/2006 06:33:00 PM /
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29 Comments:
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At Friday, January 20, 2006 7:28:00 PM,
Robert said...
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Haiku One:
Winter election:
Every promise a snowflake
on candidate tongue -
At Friday, January 20, 2006 7:33:00 PM,
Robert said...
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Haiku Two:
Imagine the girl
Nothing but a breath of rain
kissing her shoulder -
At Friday, January 20, 2006 10:45:00 PM,
John Mutford said...
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Wooden Societies:
Underneath the bark
the minute Martian canals
will burn just the same. -
At Friday, January 20, 2006 10:50:00 PM,
John Mutford said...
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Haiku One (Tankified)
Winter election:
Every promise a snowflake
on candidate tongue
melting like ice on brimstone-
uniqueness goes unchallenged. -
At Saturday, January 21, 2006 1:09:00 AM,
Scotty said...
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Haiku Two (Tankified)
Imagine the girl
Nothing but a breath of rain
Kissing her shoulder
Reliving the feel of sun
Which disappeared with the wind -
At Saturday, January 21, 2006 1:12:00 AM,
Scotty said...
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Barrage:
A cacophony
Of unequivocable
Static in my ears -
At Saturday, January 21, 2006 5:44:00 AM,
John Mutford said...
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Barrage (Tankified)
A cacophony
Of unequivocable
Static in my ears;
Miscommunication breeds
Tourettes inflicted offspring. -
At Saturday, January 21, 2006 5:46:00 AM,
said...
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Haiku Three:
I carpool with dogs
Sipping my coffee, while they
Scratch with their hind feet -
At Saturday, January 21, 2006 7:18:00 AM,
Robert said...
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Wooden Societies (Tankified)
Underneath the bark
the minute Martian canals
will burn just the same.
Even the mighty dispair
when seeing the truth wormed-out. -
At Saturday, January 21, 2006 7:54:00 AM,
Robert said...
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Barrage (Tankified)
A cacophony
Of unequivocable
Static in my ears,
I re-assemble your words
Into poems I can print. -
At Saturday, January 21, 2006 1:29:00 PM,
Scotty said...
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Haiku Three (Tankified):
I carpool with dogs
Sipping my coffe, while they
Scratch with their hind feet
Their fleas become sweetener
Of the kind I do not like. -
At Sunday, January 22, 2006 6:08:00 AM,
John Mutford said...
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Haiku Four:
Quartz cracked the black cliff
Marked monuments with a curse
You'll suffer me still -
At Sunday, January 22, 2006 9:16:00 AM,
Robert said...
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Haiku Four (Tanified)
Quartz cracked the black cliff
Marked monuments with a curse
You'll suffer me still:
Our ribbon of clarity
Will outlast the time and tide. -
At Sunday, January 22, 2006 11:11:00 PM,
Scotty said...
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Haiku Four (Tanked Again)
Quartz cracked the black cliff
Marked monuments with a curse.
You'll suffer me still
With angelic grace on earth,
Voice lifted in purest verse. -
At Sunday, January 22, 2006 11:14:00 PM,
Scotty said...
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Glimmer
Little light of mine
Wherever you choose to shine
Do not fear the dark -
At Sunday, January 22, 2006 11:19:00 PM,
Robert said...
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I'm very much enjoying
the products of this challenge. -
At Monday, January 23, 2006 12:09:00 AM,
Scotty said...
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did you deliberately wirte your comment in 7-7 syllable format? if so, which haiku did you tank?
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At Monday, January 23, 2006 12:21:00 PM,
Robert said...
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Green
These bedside stories
of princess peas and beanstalks
worked when I was green -
At Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:06:00 AM,
Epione said...
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Green
These bedside stories
of princess peas and beanstalks
worked when I was green
but summer green has faded
to shades of cynical brown -
At Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:09:00 AM,
Epione said...
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alec
orange cat lies still
upon a hot, sun-drenched floor
breeze moves leaves outside -
At Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:32:00 PM,
John Mutford said...
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alec (tankified)
orange cat lies still
upon a hot, sun-drenched floor
breeze moves leaves outside
the summer motor's within
and so's the damn canary -
At Tuesday, January 24, 2006 9:33:00 PM,
Robert said...
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Now that
made me smile. -
At Wednesday, January 25, 2006 10:57:00 AM,
Epione said...
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ha! cute. :)
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At Friday, January 27, 2006 11:04:00 AM,
Robert said...
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The Mermaids of Newfoundland
Fishwife and farmer,
The mermaids of Newfoundland
Lure their men ashore. -
At Friday, January 27, 2006 1:45:00 PM,
Robert said...
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Haiku Three (Tankified Once More):
I carpool with dogs
Sipping my coffee, while they
Scratch with their hind feet.
My cup held close I sigh, as
morning thoughts of lying flee. -
At Saturday, January 28, 2006 12:11:00 AM,
Robert said...
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family man
we're fucked, she said. I
placed one hand on her belly;
one foot in the door. -
At Saturday, January 28, 2006 7:36:00 PM,
Scotty said...
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family man (tanked edit)
we're fucked, she said. i
placed one hand on her belly;
one foot in the door.
half in the bag, i knelt down
and gave my future away -
At Saturday, January 28, 2006 7:38:00 PM,
Scotty said...
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Mermaids in a Nfld Tank
Fishwife and farmer,
The mermaids of Newfoundland
Lure their men ashore.
Unable to live with them
Unable to live without. -
At Saturday, March 04, 2006 11:14:00 AM,
Robert said...
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