Morning Tanka

English Tanka

 

I am alone

How cool  the dawn

The cricket’s song

Good luck promises

Soon to arrive

 

Softly Light travels

Leaf to leaf

Falling to the ground

Without sound

The eyes listen

 

Gray brown wrens

Perch on the line

Acrobat greetings

Given with chirps

Wings spread, they fly

 

Softly at first

The household stirs

Whisperings and shuffles

The heart listens

I am not alone

Author's Note

Japanese Tanka are written in a fixed form of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables on one line, however, English Tanka are more freely written, using about 20 English syllables written in 5 lines.

Reviews

[Stella]

Well written tanka. Good imagery.