Dear Melissa,
I express my gratitude to you and your esteemed colleague–editors, Colleen,
Selam, Willow, Robbie, and Yvette, for featuring in Tanka Tuesday Poetry
Challenge “Hainka”, 5/13/2025. I happened to see on the internet a couple of
days ago. I am thrilled to read the response, the aesthetic composition of
hainka
, and comments from a wide section of readers. I feel humbled. My
gratitude to all poets, readers.
Please consider adding the new Poetry Form, hainka, to your
blog.
Since March 2016, I have been thinking about a new concept of writing a
combination of ‘haiku and tanka’ (hainka). I coined the genre
"HAINKA" on March 21, 2016, and documented this new genre in my
diary. Later, in 2020, I wrote a detailed essay about HAINKA, which was
appreciated by Jim Kacin. He is kind enough to archive it in the Digital
Library, The Haiku Foundation. Later, ‘Writer’s Digest’ published the article
in 2020.
Hainka is a fusion of haiku and tanka in such a way that the fragment of the
haiku will be the pivot line (kakekatoba) of the following tanka.
The “Hainka” portrays a broader coherency of the images, keeping in view the
aspect of ‘link and shift’ within the framework of the combined poem
(s/l/s/s/l/s/l/l). It can be composed either by the poet himself or in
collaboration.
Many of my hainka are published in Akita Haikuist Network, translated into
Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta. Some are translated into Arabic. Recently, Alan
Summers featured one hainka in Pan Haiku Review, 2024.
I introduced a new genre, “ Braided Haiku,” and the essay is featured
in Frogpond. Micro-Haiga (One-word Haiga) is
published in the Haiku Galleries, The Haiku Foundation. A couple of research
papers on haiku will be published this year in Presence, Juxtapositions, and
other journals.
I have written a long essay on tanka prose (unpublished). I would be grateful
if you could publish this as it is or in an abridged form in your Tanka Tuesday
Blog.
Please take care
Warm regards
Pravat
Brief-Bio:
Pravat Kumar Padhy obtained his Master of Science and a Ph.D from Indian
Institute of Technology, ISM Dhanbad. He is a mainstream poet and a writer
of Japanese short forms of poetry. His poem “How Beautiful” is
included in the undergraduate curriculum at the university level. He
introduced new forms of poetry: Hainka: a fusion of haiku and
tanka, One-word Micro-Haiga, and Braided
Haiku. He served as a panel judge of “The Haiku Foundation’s
Touchstone Awards for Individual Poems” and is on the editorial board of Under the
Basho.
He resides in Bhubaneswar, India, writes papers on ‘Cosmic Science and
Planetary Geology’, and listens to classical music and songs.
Special Thanks
May 25, 2025
—
3 minutes
braided haiku, hainka, Pravat Kumar Padhy
It’s always a pleasure to
hear from the poets who create the syllabic forms we enjoy using at Tanka
Tuesday. A couple of weeks ago, Melissa discovered the hainka form and used it in our challenge, which can be
found here.
She received a lovely message
from the creator of this form. I’ve shared the message below:
Dear Melissa,
I express my gratitude to you and your esteemed colleague–editors, Colleen,
Selam, Willow, Robbie, and Yvette, for featuring in Tanka Tuesday Poetry
Challenge “Hainka”, 5/13/2025. I happened to see on the internet a couple of
days ago. I am thrilled to read the response, the aesthetic composition of
haink, and comments from a wide section of readers. I feel humbled. My
gratitude to all poets, readers.
Please consider adding the new Poetry Form, hainka, to your blog.
Since March 2016, I have been thinking about a new concept of writing a
combination of ‘haiku and tanka’ (hainka). I coined the genre “HAINKA” on March
21, 2016, and documented this new genre in my diary. Later, in 2020, I wrote a
detailed essay about HAINKA, which was appreciated by Jim Kacin. He is
kind enough to archive it in the Digital Library, The Haiku Foundation. Later,
‘Writer’s Digest’ published the article in 2020.
Hainka is a fusion of haiku and tanka in such a way that the fragment of
the haiku will be the pivot line (kakekatoba)
of the following tanka. The “Hainka” portrays a broader coherency of the
images, keeping in view the aspect of ‘link and shift’ within the framework of
the combined poem (s/l/s/s/l/s/l/l). It can be composed either by the
poet himself or in collaboration.
Many of my hainka are published in Akita Haikuist Network, translated into
Japanese by Hidenori Hiruta. Some are translated into Arabic. Recently, Alan
Summers featured one hainka in Pan Haiku Review, 2024.
I introduced a new genre, “ Braided Haiku,” and the essay is
featured in Frogpond. Micro-Haiga (One-word Haiga) is published in
the Haiku Galleries, The Haiku Foundation. A couple of research papers on haiku
will be published this year inPresence,
Juxtapositions, and other journals.
I have written a long essay on tanka prose (unpublished). I would be grateful
if you could publish this as it is or in an abridged form in your Tanka Tuesday
Blog.
Please take care.
Warm regards,
Pravat
Brief-Bio:
Pravat Kumar Padhy obtained his Master of Science and a Ph.D from Indian
Institute of Technology, ISM Dhanbad. He is a mainstream poet and a writer
of Japanese short forms of poetry. His poem “How Beautiful” is
included in the undergraduate curriculum at the university level. He
introduced new forms of poetry: Hainka:
a fusion of haiku and tanka, One-word Micro-Haiga, and Braided Haiku. He served as a panel judge of “The Haiku Foundation’s Touchstone
Awards for Individual Poems” and is on the editorial board of Under the Basho.
He resides in Bhubaneswar, India, writes papers on ‘Cosmic Science and
Planetary Geology’, and listens to classical music and songs.
I don’t know if Pravat has a
blog, but it was lovely to hear from him. I will add the hainka to our forms as
soon as I can.
~Colleen~
25.5.2025
28 responses to “Special Thanks”
1.
I created …a few years ago… Issho ni kaita retrans which
translates to ‘Letters we wrote together’ which combines (in various and or
multiple combinations) a haiku (or short verse) and 17 syllable American Sentence(s). I
have only published this on my own blog though. :)
I’ve also created and named other
combinations of short forms…. I’d have to look them up though. :D
Nice article.
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1.
You should create a list of the
forms you created and how to write them. When I have time, I’ll add them to
TT.
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1.
Oh, Thank you.
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2.
This is quite an honor, for
everyone involved. Well done!!
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1.
Thanks, Sis. I agree. Melissa
linked to the creator so that’s how he knew we were using his form.
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3.
It’s lovely that the creator of
the form saw the prompt and responded so graciously.
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1.
It was such an interesting form.
I’m glad we heard from the poet who created the hainka. It gives another
dimension to consider when we create our own poems.
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4.
What a lovely email.. It’s great
to know we have been spreading the news and broadening out horizons. Also what
an honoutb on hear from the creator of this form of poetry. Thank you for
sharing Melissa
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1.
Thanks, Willow. It’s so nice to
hear from the poet himself.
Like
5.
Very cool to receive this
acknowledgment.
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1.
I thought so too! It’s really
nice to have so many creative poets in our community.
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1.
Very true. There are a few very
stellar people writing here.
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1.
I like how everyone makes these
connections through syllabic poetry. I never would have thought this would
happen. It fills my heart with joy.
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1.
Very true my dear friend. I think
with poetry it is easier to touch each other’s hearts.
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Yes, I think you’re right, Sadje.
It’s a real connection!
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6.
A lovely message, Colleen
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1.
Thanks, Robbie. I agree. It’s so
nice to hear from the poet who created this form.
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7.
What a delight it must have been
for the creator of the poem to see how much we enjoyed using it! I’m so happy
he not only discovered your blog but also reached out to share his appreciation
for it. Very cool!
Yvette M Calleiro :-)
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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I feel a thrill of poetic joy
every time someone creates a poem with the double ennead. I can imagine how
good this felt to Pravat.
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8.
How lovely to receive such a
gracious response from the creator. Well done to all involved. I’m going to add
Hainka to my poetry forms page.
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1.
It’s a great form and I liked the
interplay between the first and third lines in the haiku and the tanka. Thanks
so much, Eugi.
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It is a fun form to work with,
Colleen, and you’re welcome. I added it to my poetry guide page.
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Fabulous!
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9.
So wonderful to see your work
resonate back. It lifts the spirit. (K)
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It does! I’m sure Pravat was
thrilled to see us use his form.
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10.
That is really amazing, Colleen!
That must have been special for him to see that. Also amazing to witness more
poetic forms still being crafted.
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It’s a great feeling to see
people use the poetry forms you create. I’m sure he was thrilled.
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Thank you, Colleen,
for your kind words. I feel humbled for the wonderful response from the
esteemed readers of Tanka Tuesday. I am indebted to all. I introduced another
new form, Braded Haiku. Jacob D. Salzer, Managing
Editor ‘Frogpond’ appreciated the innovation and published the article
“Braided Haiku: Shaping Meandering Thoughts” in the issue 47:2, Spring/Summer
2024.
https://www.hsa-haiku.org/frogpond/2024-issue47-2/braidedhaiku-Frogpond-47-2.pdf
Richard
Gilbert, editor Heliosparrow
liked the new form of haiku and featured two poems in the prestigious
journal in May 2024. It was also appreciated by Timothy Green, editor, Rattle.
Warm regards
Pravat Kumar Padhy, Ph.D
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