Japanese Forms

Japanese Forms: Haiku/Tanka

Haiku

http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Haiku-Poem

Tanka

http://www.tankaonline.com/ 

Frog Pond journal

http://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/ 

About our own former teacher, Tom Painting:

http://www.robynhoodblack.com/blog.htm?post=936478 

Here are some examples of his work:



crickets
the pulse in a hollow
of her neck

Acorn #10, 2004



spring plowing
a flock of blackbirds
turns inside out

Frogpond XXV:2



detour
she returns my hand
to the wheel

Frogpond XXVI:3



year's end
the weight of pennies
in the mason jar

Modern Haiku 39:2



Indian summer
bison graze the shadow
of the Bitterroots

Modern Haiku 43:1



summer stars
my children ask me
to name a favorite

The Heron’s Nest, June 2011


All poems ©Tom Painting. All rights reserved.