A n g l o - J a p a n e s e   T a n k a   S o c i e t y

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On these pages we wish to publish tanka written or translated by Society members. We invite your submissions at any time and very much encourage you to present collections of poems as well as individual tanka. Submissions should be written in either English (see note below) or Japanese and will be peer-reviewed before appearing online. We are open to discuss presentation styles and generally aim to publish your work as either web pages or Word document/ PDF files. We look forward to building up a rich and diverse collection of tanka online.

Notes For Writing Tanka: Tanka is a form of Japanese poetry which consists of 31 syllables in five syllabic units: 5-7-5-7-7. When Japanese tanka are translated into English the syllabic units are usually written as five lines, but the syllable count is not adhered to. The Anglo-Japanese Tanka Society recognises tanka written in English which have 31 syllables, or 32 syllables at most. We also accept tanka written in English in a freer style, which may be shorter than 31 syllables. We are also happy to accept tanka written in Japanese.
We have decided that until we form a formal selection committee we will put submitted tanka on our website with minimal screening.

 

Tanka Written in English Japanese Tanka Translated into English
   
Hisashi Nakamura (York, UK) Hisashi Nakamura (York, UK)

Hisashi Nakamura  (York, UK)
John Gilliver (Harrogate, UK)

Sunil Manghani  (Bradford, UK)

Deborah Russell (Maryland, USA)

Adelaide B. Shaw (New York, USA)

Larry Kimmel (Massachusetts, USA)

Cindy Tebo (Missouri, USA)

Norman Darlington (Bunclody, Ireland)

Gerald England (Cheshire, UK)

Jack Prewitt (NSW, Australia)

Elizabeth Howard (Tennessee, USA)

Victor P. Gendrano (California, USA)

Michael McClintock (California, USA)

Shanna Moore (Hawaii, USA)

Mathew Mitchell. (Surrey, UK)

Shirley Horsman (York, UK)

Linda Jeannette Ward (North Carolina, USA)

Kirsty Karkow (Maine, USA)

Vanessa Proctor (Sydney, Australia)

Paul Conneally (Loughborough, UK)

John W. Sexton (Kenmare, Ireland)

an'ya (Oregon, USA)

Jeanne Emrich (Minnesota, USA)

Bette Wappner (Kentucky, USA)

Beverley George (Pearl Beach, Australia)

Martin Lam (Reading, UK)

Amelia Fielden (N.S.W. Australia)

Pamela A. Babusci (New York, USA)

Jonathan Davis (Lincolnshire, UK)

David G. Anthony (Buckinghamshire, UK)

Sanford Goldstein (Niigata, Japan)

Janice M. Bostok (N.S.W. Australia)

Malcolm Law (York, UK)

Julie Thorndyke (N.S.W. Australia)

Kay F. Anderson (California, USA)

Charlotte Kell  (London, UK)

Anastasia Cherevko (Kiev, Ukraine)

Bernard Gadd  (Auckland, New Zealand)

Robert Wilson  (California, USA)

R. K. Singh  (Dhanbad, India)

Margaret Chula  (Oregon, USA)

Tobe Roberts  (New Jersey, USA)

Daisy Cheung  (Hong Kong)

Geert Verbeke  (Flanders in Europe)

Tito   (Kyoto, Japan)

Kala Ramesh  (Pune, India)

Francesca Wilde  (York, UK)

Brian D'Arcy  (Sheffield, UK)

Debjani Chatterjee  (Sheffield & York, UK)

M. Kei  (Chesapeake Bay, USA)

Greg Kelly  (York, UK)

Pat Prime  (Auckland, New Zealand)

André Surridge  (Hamilton, New Zealand)

Catherine Mair  (New Zealand)

Rand B. Lee  (Santa Fe, USA)

Liam Wilkinson  (York, UK)

Denis M. Garrison  (Maryland, USA)

Karen Peterson Butterworth  (New Zealand)

Fr. Robert Pecotte  (North Dakota, USA)

Tony Beyer  (New Zealand)

 

Oz Hardwick  (York, UK)

 

Elaine Riddell  (New Zealand)

 

Suzanne Vaassen  (New Zealand)

 

Owen Bullock  (New Zealand)

 

Katie Smith  (York, UK)

 

Paul Smith  (Worcester, UK)