| This type of poetry is called
"A Space less Tanka" It is an Ancient Japanese Writing Style
where the spaces are removed, It is read up and down and follows rules
similar to a Senryu. Senryus were made from Haikus, A Senryu follows an
emotion rather then a nature theme. Haikus were made for Wakas, Wakas
were Spiritual poems it is a "mood" poetry form and is
frequently about love, seasons, sadness. A Haiku is considered an
unfinished Waka. A True Waka is a Haiku that has a finish. What the
custom was, During your life span you would write your haiku, then
before you died, you would finish it with the last two lines, thus
creating your Death Waka. Haiku is 5/7/5, A Waka is 5/7/5/7/7. Ancient
poets wanted to avoid the death part but still write sad / love poetry
that was not about nature so they developed a Senryu, which was
considered the saddest poem because unlike a Haiku, it can never be
finished. Later poets in the 20'th century decided that they were going
to finish them anyway and they developed what is known as a Tanka. A
Tanka is not an Unfinished Senryu however because it is written as
5/7/5/7/7 from the start so of course Senryus remain the saddest poem
because they can never be finished. All of these poems stem from the
Original type called a Sedoka. A Sedoka will portray natural images or
emotions and may contain a 'twist' after the second and fourth line Its
structure is 5/7/7/5/7/7 and came to be known as evil for these poems
were not poems you wrote before you died but rather, Poems you wrote
before you killed someone, Usually before battle, and before killing a
lot of some ones. (Note: In A Sedoka Each 5/7/7 stanza is called a
Katauta .. The second Katauta is an echo or response to the first..
saying basically the same thing only in a different way. Basically two
haikus that say exactly the same but are completely different) So without much further ado.......
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