MoonInk are launching a Tanka poetry
competition for High Schools in London and the South East. If your school is
interested in entering contact Lee and Tana Jackson at info@moonink.co.uk for a free copy of the Tanka Poetry
Workshop Pack which provides everything required to run a workshop.
Schools will be able to use the workshop
material to facilitate group activities where students will write their own
Tanka poems. Ten poems from each school can be entered into the MoonInk Tanka
High School Anthology competition. The deadline for submissions is the 30 June
2020.
One poem will be chosen from each school taking
part to be published on the online MoonInk Tanka High School Anthology in November 2020. The winning poems will also be published on YouTube.
MoonInk will be contacting High Schools in
London and the South East throughout March to invite them to
take part.
Tanka is a Japanese style of poetry dating back
to the 5th Century and the poems are written about nature, the seasons, love,
sadness and other strong emotions, using strong imagery with a focus on the 5
senses.
Mindfulness can be described as a mental state
achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly
acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations.
Reading and writing poetry can help people
become more mindful and can relieve stress, trauma, feeling down, and other
well-being challenges.
The MoonInk mission is to bring poetry to life
by taking the verse out of the book and into the world to gain a wider audience
for the poetry in our lives and we are sharing social responsibility by
developing the mindfulness and well-being of the people living in our
communities.
For more information about MoonInk or Tanka
Poetry visit www.moonink.co.uk or the MoonInk Blog Poetry Pages
Contact MoonInk at info@moonink.co.uk
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