Eileen R. Tabios is a poet working in multiple genres and in-between. She also loves books by writing, reading, publishing, critiquing, romancing and advocating for them. This blog will feature her bibliophilic activities with posts on current book engagements and links to her books and projects related to books.

Friday, March 16, 2018

SCI(NA)KU TANKA!

Roxanne Barbour has invented a new hay(na)ku variation: sci(na)ku tanka. Some are forthcoming in the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association's journal, Star*Line. For this form, add a speculative element and the word-per-line count is

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A reverse sci(na)ku tanka would be

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Go, World!


See all (or most as I don't know if I'm keeping up) of the hay(na)ku variations at https://eileenrtabios.com/haynaku/haynaku-variations/  Meanwhile, there are also visual manifestations, like this painting by poet-painter Thomas Fink:


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