At 31 Gōrutendā we are all about ‘tankers’: five-line poems with a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable structure - and before you write in to say that tanka is spelt wrong and does not actually follow these rules at all, please first go and read our post about it entitled ‘I Can’t Believe It’s Not Tanka!’ We know it’s not authentic, that’s why we’ve spelt it differently - but in any case, if it’s got 5 lines and 31 syllables that’s good enough for us.
Send up to three of your individual tankers, or longer poems with tanker-style verses to gorutenda31@gmail.com along with a short author bio (this should also ideally be no longer than 31 syllables give or take) and a link to your website if you have one - if you also want to submit a picture of some sort to accompany your work then feel free, although we may not necessarily use it.
We will be reading submissions all year round and will aim to publish one new poem every week.
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