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Thank you, Marion.

There are fewer and fewr haiku in the Advanced mentoring section, and while I love reading the tanka, I am not qualified to comment, which saddens me. I would love to learn more of tanka, so could we please have a tanka thread separate from haiku?

Quote from: Don Baird on June 04, 2014, 11:57:59 PM
Do we have a lot of members posting tanka? Would there be a following? It's something to ponder, that's for sure?

There seem to be more and more, Don, and I am itching to try them. :)

Is is possible to have a forum for tanka, which at present is in the haiku section? I have never tried to write tanka before, but find them quite beautiful.I am enjoying reading those posted in haiku, but feel underqualified to comment at present, so I feel that if they were in a tanka forum, I could study them at leisure.

Is it possible to have a seperate thread for tanka?  I would love to be able to comment and write tanka, but at present I haven't tried the genre and I don't want people to thiink that I am ignoring their posts.I just don't feel qualified to offer an opinion.

That's wonderful news Don, thank you so much.

Is it possible to have an informal haiga forum, perhaps with people suggesting images to reply to as Don did some time ago and/or a forum to write finished haiga?

Can someone tell me exactly what constitutes a one line haiku.

Thank you very much, Alan,

I will take good note of the courtesies due to author and not make the same mistake again. I was in no way denegrating the haiku. (If truth be told, I was struck by the imaginative flair of these two haiku, as I employed the same sort of gentle flamboyance to my own poetry) Unfortunately I had to 'unlearn' all that when I came to haiku, and made many, many mistakes in just this manner.

I have copied the links, Alan and will visit all of them and read avidly. I pproach some of these reference sites with trepidation, because many are written in a language which is far beyond my knowledge - but I am very willing to live and learn. :)

Success,

I have found the link

http://www.lishanu.com/01/haiku/vallance.htm

The author is Richard Vallance of Canada and the haiku is translated from the French.

Hi, Alan, Don, Lorin and Sandra,

First, let me say how fascinating I have found all your replies.

I believe these are translations that I read on a site and I will try to find the link again and let you know the publication and the author as soon as  I can.

I meant no offence to the author, I was merely ignorant of the fact that I should have included these details,but just couldn't get the rules about authorial comment straight in my mind. I did not mean that I thought these were not 'correct' haiku, only that I was puzzled.

Sandra I will go over to the Montage section and read avidly. I am only just scratching the surface of this wonderful genre of poetry and have so much to learn, but I am becoming more passionate about the subject with every passing day. My only regret is that I came to haiku so late.

I don't understand the frowning on authorial comment when I read many haiku employing this method. Here are just two examples I have read, published online. Can anyone comment on this, please?

Plovers tickle
the ocean's
slipping tides.

Dandelion
crushed by an oaf
bleeds saffron tears.

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http://www.serena.com/solutions/itsm/help-desk-haiku-contest.html

Fascinating insight into the process of producing a haiku, chibi.

I lapped up every word. I'll just go and give my muse a dig in the rigs. She is lying abed - again. :D ;)

I second, Bea's comments - with bells on!

I have learnt so very much here already, thanks to the selfless giving of their time by the mentors.