Under the watchful eye of the poet Edwin Markham, the San Jose Poetry Center held a tanka workshop today in the Markham House in San Jose History Park, During a break, Dennis Noren of the Poetry Center (in blue shirt under Markham's portrait) led a short informative tour about the poet and his house, which now serves as a home for the Poetry Center and Yuki Teikei Haiku Society libraries and activities. The workshop was led by Yuki Teikei stalwarts Joan Zimmerman and
Patricia Machmiller. The level of preparation and study for this presentation was truly awesome and admirable! We were given a binder which included historical timelines and a bibliography, as well as examples and analysis of the structures of these short poems with such a long historical pedigree!
This picture shows only part of the group; I liked the way the window-light illuminated our study.
This fine tanka served as a partial model for us
to complete as an exercise:
how long has it been
since we parted?
the snow has come
and I'm learning from geese
how to fall from the sky
Jeanne Emrich
Ribbons 3, 1. page 25 (2007)
Patricia Machmiller. The level of preparation and study for this presentation was truly awesome and admirable! We were given a binder which included historical timelines and a bibliography, as well as examples and analysis of the structures of these short poems with such a long historical pedigree!
This picture shows only part of the group; I liked the way the window-light illuminated our study.
This fine tanka served as a partial model for us
to complete as an exercise:
how long has it been
since we parted?
the snow has come
and I'm learning from geese
how to fall from the sky
Jeanne Emrich
Ribbons 3, 1. page 25 (2007)
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