Genius’s Tanka Classroom for Ordinary People
- Related: Haiku
First of all, there are too many Japanese language geniuses out there. Or rather, the first 10-20 pages of the book are designed too well.
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Tanka is not suitable for capturing the “present moment”.
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Instead, it is the perfect poetic form for crystallizing what is in one’s own memory (past emotions, overlooked scenery) for oneself.
- That’s exactly what I was looking for, that feeling (blu3mo).
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I realized that the act of “creating” that I had ignored until now was also a means of cherishing something that I would eventually experience intensely and then pass away from myself.
- Teacher, that haiku’s “cut” is not like that|Kobaluto|note
- This might be close to it! (rickshinmi)
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- That’s exactly what I was looking for, that feeling (blu3mo).
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Personally, I found these small tips important.