Poetic Form 9: Katauta

I believed your smile

Seductive with promises

I didn’t know how to keep

Poetic Form #9:Katauta

A katauta is a Japanese poetic form with either  5 / 7/ 5 or 5 / 7 / 7 syllables per line.
It is also an incomplete poem addressed to a lover. Multiple katautas combine to form a sedoka poem.