Published October 24, 2005
Basically tanka is an asian style of poems. Here's the rules:
A tanka has:
5 lines
5 syllables on the first and third lines
7 syllables on the second, fourth, and fifth lines
Anyway.
Inside of Me
it’s in me, it hurts
tearing my soul out of me
the knife slits my throat
can’t get it out of my head
as my life ends, blood gushes
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I'm moving this up.
I'll try and change that last line then.
Yes, but that's the fun of restrictive poems like this - it forces you to be creative. Work on it.
Other than that line, this was good. Thanks for introducing us to this style.
You think the last line is weak? I couldn't really think of anything else to say. Especially considering I'm limited to 7 syllables on the last line.
Certainly very uplifting!
It's an interesting style though, I'll have to try that sometime.
'as my life ends, blood gushes'
You had a really good line preceeding it then...flop. So, if you have time, I would change that. Get creative! or whatever junk they tell people.