Gogyōka (五行歌 "five line poem"), or Gogyohka, is a form of Japanese poetry pioneered by Enta Kusakabe in 1957 in his quest to find freedom from the constraints of tanka poetry.[1] Unlike tanka, gogyōka does not have any syllable requirement for the length of its lines. The only hardfast rule of gogyōka is that the poem should be five lines long, with line breaks occurring as a result of natural breath-pattern,[2] which is individual to a particular speaker and their language. Gogyōka have been written in French, Chinese, Arabic, Tagalog, and Korean, as well as Japanese and English.
Examples[]
the cherry tree,
pregnant with flowers,
longs for
Its moment of
Incarnation—Kyoko Shimose[3]
The rain falls steadily
until we part
Gazing at the pale blue sky
through the window of the train
I feel no sadness—Matthew Lane[4]
Gogyōshi[]
Gogyōshi (五行詩 "five line poetry") is a development of gogyōka, wherein the rule that line breaks are governed by breath is discarded.[5][6]
Is my cat
really dead?
I caress
her throat
very softly—Tarō Aizu[7]
Sweetfish
jumps out
of the silent river
colored by the sunset
from dark mountains.—Tarō Aizu[8]
See also[]
References[]
- Kusakabe, Enta. Gogyohka. Tokyo: Shisei-sha, 2009 [2006]. Trans. Matthew Lane. Rev. Elizabeth Phaire. ISBN 978-4882080817
- Fiore, Peter. Text Messages. New York: Mushroom press, 2009 ISBN 978-0615297880
- Aizu, Taro. The Lovely Earth (English Gogyohshi). Lulu Press, 2011 ISBN 978-1-257-11688-1
- Japanese gogyohka magazine Gogyohka (五行歌)
- Japanese gogyohka magazine Sai (彩)
- Japanese gogyohka magazine Hamakaze (ハマ風)
Notes[]
- ↑ Kusakabe, Enta. Gogyohka. Tokyo: Shisei-sha press, 2008. 16-18
- ↑ Kusakabe, Enta. Gogyohka (Five-Line Poetry), translated by Matthew Lane. Tokyo: Shisei-sha press, 2006. p8
- ↑ Kusakabe, Enta. Gogyohka (Five-Line Poetry), translated by Matthew Lane. Tokyo: Shisei-sha press, 2006. p72
- ↑ Kusakabe, Enta. Gogyohka (Five-Line Poetry), translated by Matthew Lane. Tokyo: Shisei-sha press, 2006. p73
- ↑ Foreword to The Lovely Earth by Aizu Tarō
- ↑ Declaration of Gogyohshi
- ↑ Aizu, Tarō. The Lovely Earth (English Gogyohshi). Lulu.com, 2011. p6
- ↑ Aizu, Tarō. The Lovely Earth (English Gogyohshi). Lulu.com, 2011. p7
External links[]
- Gogyohka Junction poetry forum
- About Gogyohka (5-Line Poetry) at 5gyohka.com
- Atlas Poetica A Journal of Poetry of Place in Contemporary Tanka. Publishes tanka, kyōka and gogyōka in English and other languages
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