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3 unusual facts about Tanka in English


Bruce Ross

Ross's original English language haiku, senryū, haibun, tanka, haiga, and collaborative renku have appeared in international haiku journals, as have his reviews and articles.

Sonia Sanchez

Sanchez is also known for her innovative melding of musical formats—like the blues—and traditional poetic formats like haiku and tanka.

Tanka in English

An important contributor was Yoshihiko Tomari, active in the Tule Lake Segregation Center, where he saw tanka as "an active spiritual and cultural force for his people" and organized "a tanka network among the camps, gathered poems, produced mimeographed publications, and circulated them to other camps".



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