Beetles & Stars: Tanka Triptychs

by Joy McCall and Jenny Ward Angyal

In 'Beetles & Stars, ' three widely published tanka poets collaborate to write 99 tanka triptychs. Tanka is a five-line poetic form ancestral to haiku, and there is a long tradition, both in Japan and in the English-speaking world, of writing tanka in response to another poet's poem. The three voices in this book call and respond to each other, resonating and harmonizing to create an interwoven 'braid' of tanka that demonstrates the power of this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09HFXW84M
• ISBN13: 9798737402549
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"