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Poetry: June 12, 2013 Issue [#5730]

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Somonka - a Love Letter in Poetry Form



If you are familiar with the tanka poetry form, you will understand the somonka form. As a reminder, the tanka is a Japanese love poem. A love note. The somonka is putting two tankas together as “a declaration of love” and “a response” (Turco 263).


MUST HAVES

--Two tankas minimum.
--2 authors (or two voices—see “of note” section).
--Follow the tanka form (5-7-5-7-7 syllables – 5 lines for each stanza).
--Love message.


COULD HAVES or WHAT IS THE POET’S CHOICE IN ALL THIS?

--Any type of love, although it is traditionally a love between a man and woman (see “of note” section).
--You could stick to the traditional one pair of tankas, or expand it to several pairs.


OF NOTE:

As mentioned above, this form is traditionally a love between a man and a woman; however I can see how this form could be used to explore all kinds of love relationships. This could be between a man and woman (lovers, friends, father/daughter, mother/son, and so on), two men (lovers, brothers, father/son, friends, etc.), two women (lovers, sisters, mother/daughter, friends, and so on), a person and pet, a person and an inanimate object, a person and place, a person and an emotion—the possibilities are endless!


SOURCE NOTES:

Turco, Lewis. The Book of Forms. 3rd. Lebanon, New Hampshire: University Press of New England, 2000.



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By: Joy Author Icon
Comment: Great NL, Red. It gave me the idea of a cookbook with epulaeryu poetry, that is a poem with each recipe, but I am not a chef.
Any chefs among us? It would be an interesting book.

I love that idea! I'm not a chef, however I am a great recipe tweaker--meaning I can take a recipe and manipulate it to suit my tastes, nutrition requirements, etc. *Smile*


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Comment: A fine newsletter. Epulaeryus I can't even say it. Guess I had best do a bit of study. Thank you.


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