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Rated: E · Poetry · Cultural · #2106270

This will be Christmas tanka poem.

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This will be Christmas tanka poem.
#2106270 by Chris Breva Author IconMail Icon


we wonder around all year
scrambling to get some ahead
then we throw it all
away to make ends
meet celebrating once a year


Japanese tanka form

meter scheme is in syllables 7-7-5-5-7.

Caps intentionally omitted in observing Japanese tradition.
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