The ``NHK National Tanka Contest'' was held at the NHK Hall in Shibuya, Tokyo, to introduce outstanding works submitted by Tanka enthusiasts.
This competition, which is now in its 25th year, is held every year by NHK and NHK Gakuen, and this year, more than 20,000 poems were submitted, including works from ages 4 to 100 years old, and three tanka poems from among these were selected for the grand prize. I got it.
The song by Mutsumi Koyama (77) from Wakayama Prefecture, ``I feel like there's another me in the breaststroke that opens the door to the water over and over again,'' is about finding yourself while swimming in the water with breaststroke, which is something you're not good at. It is a poem about the feeling of swimming, and the natural expression created by skillfully capturing the movements of the hands of a swimmer was highly praised.
The song ``Crying echoes in the lobby, ah, this is the fanfare that will make me a father'' is a song by Mr. Umekei (47) from Oita Prefecture, which was written in memory of the first cry he heard in the waiting lobby when he was present at the birth of his child. is.
The student was praised for expressing the feelings he felt when he heard the baby's first cry in his own way as a special emotion.
The song by Sachiko Segawa (81) from Osaka Prefecture, ``I get on the train bound for Shin-Sanda, but I never see Shin-Sanda, it's like the future,'' is about a person who suddenly imagines the last stop on the platform of a station they always use and has never been before. I sang it.
The work was praised for discovering the interesting fact that we have not yet seen the "future" and will never reach the end of our daily lives.
The event will be broadcast on E-Tele from 2pm on the 27th of next month.