Daughters sit with feet
in cool water on summer
afternoon as I
try to remember feeling
such innocent joy like them
Poetic Form #47: Tanka
A Tanka poem is usually one long sentence broken purposefully between all five lines.
English versions usually adhere to a syllable count: five syllables in the first line,
seven in the second, five in the third, and seven in lines four and five.
Tanka poems often culminated in a transcendental message.
English versions usually adhere to a syllable count: five syllables in the first line,
seven in the second, five in the third, and seven in lines four and five.
Tanka poems often culminated in a transcendental message.
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