Prompted to pay special attention to tempo and pacing, I’ve written a tanka made up entirely of Italian musical tempo terms. (At long last my Cal Arts BFA in Music Performance pays off.)
Tempo, Tempo
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Largo, andante,
Allegro ma non troppo,
Accelerando,
Vivace, rallentando,
Allargando al fine.
(You can find more of my musical verse and humor here.)
Technorati Tags: Musical Verse, Music Tanka, Italian Music Terms, Tempo Markings
This poem started out as a senryu. But 17-syllables weren’t enough to say what I needed to say. So I added two 7-syllable lines, turning it into my first tanka:
Letter opener
Nearly cast aside as trash
Now my salvation,
Soothing, becalming the itch
That haunts my encasted arm.
Technorati Tags: Health Tanka, Arm Cast, Broken Wrist
Bob Newhart Names Mad Kane Winner of 2008 Robert Benchley Society Award For Humor
Mad Kane is a writer, musician, and "recovering lawyer." As you may have noticed, she enjoys writing song parodies, limericks, and current events haiku.
You can email her at madkane@madkane.com, visit her political humor blog, or stop by her home page.
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