This article i read about the "tanka," or traditional five-line Japanese poems that date back to the shogun periods, was "shore.” It also was poems of japans rough times contest which i didn’t even get why. One of the families "The imperial family also offered their poems for the event. One of Akihito's, released Jan. 1, expresses his sorrow and horror in watching the dark waves of the rolling tsunami on TV news footage.” A person who talked about what he saw in the March 11 disaster was “Yueko Sawabe ,39” . There was even an excert of her poem
"Never able to
Turn it back,
This reality
Feels so heavy on my shoulders,
Along this coastal path.”
This must have been a tragic hint to see and then have to write about it. “The earthquake and tsunami left nearly 20,000 people dead or missing and set off the world's worst nuclear crisis”. The people who were able to read there poems are the ones that won the poetry contest. There was even a father poet who wrote about the relief that his son was ok. "Thousands of people from around the world enter the annual poetry contest. Winning works are read every January as part of the New Year's celebrations at the palace.” This years theme was “Shore" next year s will be "Stand Up”.Stand Up (Tanka) - Brandon Watt
Stand up for your rights
Believe in your self, and live.
Don’t listen to people
You have rights use them all up
Live like there’s no tomorrow.
Believe in your self, and live.
Don’t listen to people
You have rights use them all up
Live like there’s no tomorrow.
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