Hello beautiful poets! I wanted to clarify the instructions for the Sunflower Tanka Anthology.
Please submit three (3) poems of your choice from the acceptable forms HERE.
We forgot to update the page from last year, and we’ve had questions about the correct count. I apologize for the confusion.
Thanks so much,
Robbie Cheadle & Colleen Chesebro, Contributing Editors
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You’re welcome, Cindy. 💖
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No, we shouldn’t capitalize the first letter of each line in tanka. I’ll correct that poem. There are some poets who write freestyle poetry and they forget to not capitalize. I try to catch this issue through editing the journal. Thanks for catching that error. 💜
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“Advice from a sunflower. Be bright, sunny, and positive. Know your roots. Spread seeds of happiness. Rise, shine, and hold your head up high. Keep on growing. Even on the darkest days, stand tall and find the sunlight.“
~ Unknown
Are you ready to learn how to craft Japanese and American poetry? Consider this book the first step on your journey to learning the basics of how to craft syllabic poetry. Inside, you will discover many new forms, syllable combinations, and interpretations of the different Japanese and American forms and structures of haiku, senryu, haiga, tanka, renga/solo renga, gogyohka, haibun, tanka prose, the cinquain, and its variations, Etheree, nonet, and shadorma poetry. So… what are you waiting for? Let’s craft syllabic poetry together!
A yearly Anthology of tanka, tanka prose, and experimental tanka
Sunflower Tanka Anthology 
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