long winter night . . .
my mind wanders back
to a northern stream
that once answered
my every question
Jeanne Emrich
late summer
in the garden
just before dusk
touching plants, leaves, flowers
as I never touched you
Margaret Chula
I had it
all
figured out,
this little wisdom of mine,
then in the night
the rain so hard
Tom Clausen
Welcome!
Learn here about the lyric poem of Japan
known as tanka (waka),
now becoming one of the
most popular and
versatile short forms of poetry in
English.
