How Do You Write Tankas?
How Do You Write Tankas? The tanka is a thirty-one-syllable poem, traditionally written in a single unbroken line. A form of waka, Japanese song or verse, tanka translates as “short song,” and is better known in its five-line, 5/7/5/7/7 syllable count form. Do tankas have punctuation? The basic structure of a tanka poem is 5