Tanka #2: sometimes you can just hear the grass drinking the rain in…

"Spiderwort Countryside"near Palmyra, WI Photo Credit: Jane. H. Johann, Aug., 2015.

“Spiderwort Countryside”near Palmyra, WI
Photo Credit: Jane. H. Johann, Aug., 2015.

sometimes you can hear

the grass drinking the rain in

quenching its long thirst

after a bitter long drought

again, vibrant with life’s hope

 

 

 

 

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tan·ka1
[ˈtäNGkə]  NOUN
  1. a Japanese poem consisting of five lines, the first and third of which have five syllables and the other seven, making 31 syllables in all and giving a complete picture of an event or mood.
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