Search The Directory The Web for Home > Arts > Literature > Poetry > Forms > Haiku and Related Forms > Tanka New! Submit a site   whatUseek Collection Sites (submit a site ):   Give your site great placement in this category in as little as two business days!     whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   American Tanka Homepage - American Tanka is a print journal devoted exclusively to the fast-growing genre of English-language tanka. The journal's lively website features sample poems from previous issues and an on-line submission form.   Index of the Shiki Tanka Archive - This index gives access to a lively WWW sharing and discussion of tanka in English.   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.   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.   Mountain-Home Tanka Discussion Group - The homepage of a tanka discussion group moderated by Christopher Baskind and Donna Ferrell.   Selected Tanka Bibliography - An extensive list of books on the subject, compiled and commented upon by William J. Higginson.   Tanka - Jane Reichhold's tanka page: an index of links to her history of tanka in English, sample tanka that have appeared in her magazines and annual contest booklets, and so on.   Tanka Poems - A personal page: English translations of Arabic tanka by Turki Amer, with music.   The New Kokinshû - Part of a larger series of pages devoted to Japanese court life in the Kamakura era, this is one of the best introductions anywhere to the high attainment of courtly waka in the Shin Kokinshû. By Steven D. Carter, chair of East Asian languages and literature at UC, Irvine, with his excellent translations of sample poems.   The Tanka Poets Club of Japan - The homepage of a Japanese tanka club that also publishes a journal in English. When the page loads, click on "English" for a description of their activities.   What is a Tanka? - A comprehensive essay on the development of Japanese tanka by Richard MacDonald.   World Tanka Results - Results of the 1st World Tanka Competition, 2000, including the winning poems and comments by the English division judge, James Kirkup. Sponsored by Sakurama Makoto no Kai (Noh player association) of Yamato-city. The theme of the contest was "The grasses beside a stream". In both Japanese and English, which appears about 20% down the page.   eGroups : Tanka - Gateway to a tanka discussion forum moderated by Jane Reichhold. Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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