Three Tanka*
after the phone call
we sit out on the wharf,
snuggle up close --
our shadows waver
in the songless night
this new year's day
the azure sky
threads with clouds
like scraps from yesterday
I repot the rosemary bush
calloused hands
across the keyboard
a sonata
ripples into the deep
of this winter night
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* (Ed) These are three tanka poems. Dawn has kindly informed me that these are indeed tanka, which in the original Japanese, include more syllables than in the English version, 5-7-5-7-7. She also mentioned a helpful book, which includes several Japanese verse formats - Writing and Enjoying Haiku: A Hands-on Guide Paperback by Jane Reichhold.
