Year 5A Tanka Poems - 短歌の詩
Year 5A Tanka Poems - 短歌の詩
Year 5A have been very busy this week writing some fantastic Tanka poems. What is a Tanka poem? Tanka is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the haiku with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables A Tanka poem is similar to a haiku but has two additional lines.
What do you think to them?
The calm waves flow by
Drifting away into dark
Approaching rapids
As it gets close to the mouth
As sundown goes to meet night.
By Blythe and Patrick
Sounds of the Sea
The angelic sounds
Are so beautiful and calm
As the gentle waves
Flow over the shining sea
A beautiful sight it is
By Molly McKay-Smith and Alex Shaw
The moon's reflection
Shines brightly on the ocean
Creatures lurk below
The waves roar like a lion
What a magnificent sight
By Ryan C
Disappearing by
Journey to the afterlife
Calm transparent waves
Peacefully floating away
Splashing in the ocean blue
By Carter and Kaitlin
