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We are entering a period that might be described as the flowering of English language tanka. Ribbons, the official journal of the Tanka Society of America, each year publishes hundreds of tanka that have been selected for their craftsmanship, originality and value as examples of this unique form of poetry in English. Ribbons also publishes contemporary articles on tanka by leading poets and scholars, book reviews that are thoughtful and incisive, and translations of poems written by important contemporary Japanese tanka poets. Ribbons is an ideal place to discover the power, beauty, and unlimited expressiveness of this increasingly popular poetry.