American Tanka - A print journal devoted exclusively to the fast-growing genre of English-language tanka. The journal features sample poems from previous issues and an on-line submission form.
Jun Fujita - This page gives a brief biography of a pioneer poet of tanka in English, the famous Japanese-American newspaper photographer, Jun Fujita (1888 - 1963), with a link to some of his poems. His 1923 book, Poems in Exile, still reads better than many current works.
Keibooks-Announce - Email list, to provide press releases and other information about poet and publisher M. Kei.
Kokin Wakashu--Introduction - This English-language intro by Prof. Lewis Cook introduces the full Japanese text of the first imperial anthology of Japanese poetry (which requires Japanese-text-handling software). It is a thorough and interesting introduction to the early history of the tanka.
Kozue Uzawa's Tanka Pages - Web site devoted to English and Japanese tanka, edited by Kozue Uzawa. Includes links to Gusts, the tanka journal of Tanka Canada, which she edits, plus pages of contributors' tanka.
Kujaku Poetry - The weblog of M. Kei, a Chesapeake poet. Personal, informative, and opinionated, with history and examples of various types of Japaniform poems, including haiku, senryu, choka, tanka, waka, kyoka, emphasizing mainly the latter three.
Kyoka Mad Poems - A Google Group: Kyoka, variously translated into English as 'mad poems,' 'comic waka' and 'humorous tanka' are to tanka/waka what senryu is to haiku: the lighter side of poetry, with few rules. Frequently satirical, bawdy, and just plain silly, kyoka is for poets who want to have fun.
Selected Tanka Bibliography - An extensive list of books on the subject, compiled and commented upon by William J. Higginson.
Tanka Central - To promote the tanka form of poetry, to educate newcomers to tanka about the form's history and future, techniques and uses, and to work for wider publication of tanka. Includes links to related publisher and forum. Site created by Denis M. Garrison.
Tanka News - A blog of tanka announcements provided by Denis M. Garrison and others associated with Modern English Tanka Press.
Tanka Online - Learn to write the lyric poem of Japan known as tanka, now one of the most popular and versatile short forms of poetry in English. Webmaster, Jeanne Emrich.
Tanka Society of America - A nationwide society devoted to the study, composition, and sharing of English-language tanka. Information on the society and its activities, including a hardcopy newsletter and annual contest.
Yahoo Groups : Tanka - Gateway to a tanka discussion forum moderated by Jane Reichhold.
Arnaut and Karkur's Prosody Resource - A revised edition of this high-brow prosody guide. The phonetic aspects of English poetry seen through a comparison with other Western European languages.
Free Verse - A definition and description of the term "free verse."
Interactive Quiz on Meter - "Test your grasp of terms and your ability to identify [poetic] meters by name."
It's What I Do - Poetry, different styles of writing, art work.
Let's Learn About Poetry - A good though not extensive informal treatise on various forms and types of poetry.
Marc Moskowitz's Latin Poetry Page - "This page is meant to be a jumping-off point for examples of modern (aka 20th century) Latin verse as well as information about such things as scansion, poetic style, and anything else that seems related."
The Ode - A brief description and definition of the Ode form.
Poetry: Meter, Form, and Rhythm - This site provides interactive tutorials in poetic forms and meter, links to other poetry sites, and numerous examples of stanzas and fixed poetic forms.
ProsePoetry - Brief explanation of prose poetry with examples and additional links.
Prosody Anecdotes - Alberto Rios of Arizona State University has posted anecdotes and introductions to some of the canonical forms of European poetry.
Spectra - Satiric poetic 'school' founded by Witter Bynner and Arthur Davison Ficke.
Sprung Rhythm in Hopkins - A brief description of Gerard Manley Hopkin's use and interpretation of the term.
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