Angry, stormy seas
Nature’s spirit at its worst
Fear of tomorrow
Across the horizon comes
Peace and love in a new light
Darker and darker
Harshest words shouting through clouds
Louder and louder
Sunshine opening these skies
God’s rainbow showing His peace
Nature’s harmony
Unbalanced and falling down
Lightning splitting peace
Sudden calmness comes to all
Rebuilding broken pieces
A Tanka is a Japanese form of poetry, which is related to its cousin Haiku. The poem uses 31 syllables covering five lines (with syllable counts following a 7, 5, 5, 7 and 7 sequence). An effective Tanka uses personification, metaphors, and similes in its construction, and it performs well in expressing a mood, a thought, or a feeling.
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Such beautiful imagery and metaphors on the “personae” of clouds. Lovely inspiring poetry.
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Suzette, I appreciate your affirmation of my humble attempt with this Tanka series. It is a more challenging form of poetry than a Haiku.
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A pleasure. Thank you for sharing it. Blessings. Happy tanka writing 😊
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I love it. And the images fit so well.
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Crissy, I appreciate you reading and sharing. Writing a Tanka is a bit more complicated than a Haiku, but I am learning more about it with my two attempts.
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And you are doing marvelously
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Well done; great examples of the Tanka art form.
And on a related note, we just had a wonderful rainbow two nights ago – one of my favorite sights to see…
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Jim, I appreciate you sharing these kind words. It is wonderful that you saw a rainbow. I haven’t seen one for quite some time.
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Makes picture in the mind. Very good.
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Thanks Bonnie. I am pleased you found some images to view through the words in this short poems.
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You are welcome.
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