In Japanese poetry before Haiku, there was Tanka or Waka. Tanka is a 5 line poem of 31 syllables arranged as 5,7,5,7,7.
Rounded imagesFaint color floating aboveArch across the lakeFading double rainbow mistLike water-colored paintingsCold rain of winterFilling the empty streambedSoaks the thirsty rootsAs the broken fallen treeLays next to the travelled pathEmbrace constant changeReflect on the recent pastFeed an open mindEarly acts of ancestorsCreate our destiny
