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Tanka Poems - Examples

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Fighting pollution (Tanka Poems)

Tanka Poems – Examples

Tanka Poems – Examples – Pollution Poem

A tankaΒ poem is short, poem with only 31 syllables that go like this:
The first line has 5 syllables,
The second line has 7 syllables
The third line has 5 syllables,
And the fourth and fifth lines both have 7 syllables.

I just wrote a small poem (tanka) about spring and how it is trying to cure and save the air pollution. However, nature is not strong enough because we are damaging the air.

Examples of Tanka Poetry

Fighting pollution

In Beautiful Spring
All new flowers burst and bloom
The endangered air
Must have nature to survive
Or it will fade like we will

Β© 2010 Marinela Reka

Tanka Poems, nature poems

Tanka Poems – Nature Poems

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42 Responses to Fighting pollution (Tanka Poems)

  1. Old Grizz says:

    Old Grizz liked this one. Fight to preserve my habitat

  2. Marinela says:

    Thanks Old Grizz for reading and commenting, I am really glad you liked the poem πŸ™‚

  3. Ocean Girl says:

    Honest, simple and young and fresh and direct to the point. I like your poems. And your name is poetic too, and interesting, and I would like to say it out Marinela Reka.

  4. Marinela says:

    Thanks Ocean Girl, with your fabulous comment you made encourage me to write more and more πŸ˜€ hahaha now that i think about it my name is quiet poetic but i have never thought of that ( probably because its my name :P) Thank you =]

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  6. Stan Ski says:

    Symbiotic sympathy – we shouldn’t take for granted.

  7. Dee says:

    Beautiful and hopeful – and I agree, your name is very poetic. It will look wonderful someday on the front of a book of poems πŸ™‚

  8. Tumblewords says:

    Ah, how true – nicely crafted.

  9. Denise says:

    Such lovely poetry and I have enjoyed all your photographs also. Great blog!

  10. John says:

    Relevant link to the eastern traditions of the poem form and a timely reminder of the need to consider our environment Here be mine.

  11. Marinela says:

    Thank You. I am glad that my poem connected with you all. =] x

  12. Erin says:

    I had never heard of Tanka before. Fascinating! I can’t wait to give it a whirl!

  13. Love this idea and your poem. You have given me another type of poetry to explore and I will have to try it!

    Thanks and Gβ™₯d bless!

  14. Marinela says:

    Erin and Judy, I am glad that you can find and gather ideas from me! Thanks for visiting and commenting πŸ™‚

  15. Andy Sewina says:

    Hi Marinela, so nicely done!

  16. Marinela says:

    Thanks Andy πŸ™‚

  17. SandyCarlson says:

    The air needs the flowers as much as the flowers need the air–and we need all of it!

  18. Marinela says:

    True talk Sandy, thanks for visiting and commenting πŸ™‚

  19. larry says:

    i like your pomes

  20. larry says:

    πŸ™‚

  21. Melissa says:

    wandering through, and you are dancing in spring still — happy to see… and something new to try, too many thanks

  22. Windowlad says:

    Oh, that was a pretty good Tanka Marinela… it seems like you enjoyed your attempt on it… try Tanaga and Haiku as well… you’re surely love them as much as i did…!!!:) wait, i think you’ve missed the last line… it has only 6 instead of 7 syllables… anyhow, you can choose to have it a contemporary and forget ’bout the meter…!!!:D

    Good day!!!:)

    God Bless!!!:)

    >kelvin

  23. Tammie says:

    so true and important to consider.

  24. Andy Sewina says:

    Hi Marinela, just stopping by to wish you every success with NaPoWriMo!

  25. Marinela says:

    Thank you for the suggestions Kelvin and also many thanks for
    pointing out my mistake. I have fixed it now πŸ˜€
    Thank you Tammie i am so glad that you liked it πŸ™‚
    Thanks Melissa, for reading and commenting
    I am glad you liked my poems larry πŸ™‚
    Thanks gautami πŸ™‚
    Andy, i am very grateful for you spending you time to read my poetry, thanks for you kind words ! πŸ™‚
    Many Thanks Everyone!

  26. English Rose says:

    Great poem – really important issue

    I love your blog! As a fellw lover and writer of poetry I think its a really great idea =]

    Thanks for stopping by!

    Stay safe and chic ma chΓ©rie,
    English Rose x
    http://iamanenglishrose.blogspot.com

  27. Katherine says:

    Hello Marinela

    Lovely poem! Thank you for stopping by my blog & for the lovely compliment. It is so refreshing to see someone so young so passionate about poetry. I have read through some of your poems & they are quite lovely. I look forward to reading more.

    Have a lovely Easter

    Cheers

    Kath

  28. patti says:

    I really enjoyed this and will have to try out the idea in my classes! Happy spring~

  29. ayamlin says:

    Hi Marinela!
    Thanks for your comment on my blog:)
    I like your Tanka.
    You know,Tanka is from Japan.
    We used to learn it and try to make it at school:)
    you can’t use a lot word. So we have to chose which word we use.
    That’s why Tanka is beautiful.

  30. Alan Summers says:

    Thanks for your comment on my Area 17 blog! πŸ˜‰

    I love tanka as much as I love haiku. We actually have a haiku competition about to open on Earthday (April 22nd). It’s free to enter a haiku, so take a look and see what you think! πŸ˜‰

    Earthday Haiku Contest:
    Earthday Haiku Contest 2010

    .

  31. Marinela says:

    Thank you everyone,
    I really enjoy reading your blogs too!
    Thats interesting ayamlin, i did not know that tanka poems are form Japan!
    Thanks for the info Alan, i will look into it πŸ˜€
    Once again thank you! x
    Happy spring to you all!
    Marinela! x πŸ˜€

  32. wordwand says:

    a lovely “green ” poem.well done. happy to come across your blog.

  33. Marinela says:

    Thank you for your nice comment, wordwand πŸ™‚

  34. Robin says:

    Thanks for your comment on my Area 17 blog! πŸ˜‰

    I love tanka as much as I love haiku. We actually have a haiku competition about to open on Earthday (April 22nd). It’s free to enter a haiku, so take a look and see what you think! πŸ˜‰

    Earthday Haiku Contest:
    Earthday Haiku Contest 2010

    .

  35. Steve says:

    Hello Marinela

    Lovely poem! Thank you for stopping by my blog & for the lovely compliment. It is so refreshing to see someone so young so passionate about poetry. I have read through some of your poems & they are quite lovely. I look forward to reading more.

    Cheers

    Kath

  36. Dave says:

    I really enjoyed this and will have to try out the idea in my classes! Happy spring~

  37. Eric says:

    Hello Marinela

    Lovely poem! Thank you for stopping by my blog & for the lovely compliment. It is so refreshing to see someone so young so passionate about poetry. I have read through some of your poems & they are quite lovely. I look forward to reading more.

    Cheers

    Kath

  38. Patrick says:

    Thanks for your comment on my Area 17 blog! πŸ˜‰

    I love tanka as much as I love haiku. We actually have a haiku competition about to open on Earthday (April 22nd). It’s free to enter a haiku, so take a look and see what you think! πŸ˜‰

    Earthday Haiku Contest:
    Earthday Haiku Contest 2010

    .

  39. Euroangel says:

    i love writing poems and sayings also .i hope i have time to share it..thanks for sharing this beautiful one!

  40. Busyizzy says:

    Nice poem love haku (if I spelled that right)

  41. give more no. of poems

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