Inspiration Call: Tanka Thursday
A Tanka is a Japanese poem and similar to a Haiku, however it has seven lines. Tankas are nature, seasons, love, and other emotions. Line one has a five syllable count, line two is seven syllables, line three is five syllables, line four is seven syllables, and line five seven syllables. In total it has thirty one syllables. It uses simile, metaphor, and personification.
The pattern for Tanka is the following:
Line 1: 5 syllables
Line 2: 7 syllables
Line 3: 5 syllables
Line 4: 7 syllables
Line 5: 7 syllables
Writing tip from: Writing Tips – Exploring The Writer’s Path
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Raja's Insight 
Daylight is fading
Beautiful hues emerging
Season is changing
Fading moments of warm breeze
Sun setting on memories
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the wall is not built
against your people
she tells me
as we sit watching
the ruby sunset
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autumn trees
shed their last leaves
I watch the sun
get swallowed by the lake
along with my youth
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Autumn Leaves Tanka
The falling autumn leaves
remembering the departed
ghosts in the wind
nothing but ghosts in the wind
telling their sad tales Autumn leaves v2 Tanka
the falling autumn leaves
remembering the departed
ghosts in the wind
nothing but ghosts whispering
the autumn leaves colors
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