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| By CliffBowes | ||||||
| 09 March 2007 | ||||||
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As a change from Haiku form, I discovered the Tanka. A haiku with 2 extra lines of 7 making a 5/7/5/7/7 . I have used this as a stanza, writing 3 verses with an extra line of 5 syl. at the end. Do you think this format works?
At the local dance I met the love of my life. Our lives collided. Afterwards I held her close, We kissed and murmured Goodnight. I love her still, yet It was many years ago. My first real lover. I am now old, and tired. A million miles from her. One day we may meet In the street or in the park. Will I still know her? She was barely seventeen, But nearer seventy now. And I am a fool
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