William C Hyland: 3 books

Tanka is the last surviving genre of classical Japanese poetry. The tanka is meant to describe a moment, an emotion, an image with such clarity that you feel as if you are in the moment. I present my moments to you in the hope that you experience them as I did, that you will see what I saw, and feel what I felt.

A collection of mostly romantic poetry in the Tanka style. Presented in the order in which they were written, they are snapshots of scenes from my life, of moments in time, of emotions, and impressions that struck me as worth recording. My definition of romantic is fairly broad, and I believe that...

Tanka is intended to evoke a moment, meaning a feeling, an emotion, a scene, etc., to allow the reader to experience the moment with precision. Tanka in the English language has taken on a character of its own, with most English language composers keeping the original five line form, but opting to...