From the Academy of American Poets:
“The Japanese tanka is a thirty-one-syllable poem, traditionally written in a single unbroken line. A form ofwaka, Japanese song or verse, tanka translates as “short song,” and is better known in its five-line, 5/7/5/7/7 syllable count form…” Read more HERE.
traveling highway
snow remnants linger in spring
cloud wisps against sky
the color of cornflowers
tumbleweeds scatter on road
©Jone Rush MacCulloch
Jone Rush MacCulloch 