Message from syamada

I am blown away by linked verse (I've been reading the section on Japanese Literature in our seminar binder). Linked verse is highly allusive and has so many rules! There's a limit on the number of poems in primary categories such as seasons, religion, and dwellings; there are limits on the repetition of words or ideas, and limits on thematic and lexical categories, among other things. I'd be lost without the accompanying explanations.

I would like to study this type of poetry further and perhaps use some samples in a poetry unit for my English classes. We'd probably segue into haiku poetry.