---Land of the Mighty
land of the mighty
brought to their knees in surprise
warriors far from home
remember ancient war cries
and the pierced autumn sky
* Tanka is a long form which arose from the same literary tree as haiku
[no title, punctuation, or capitalization were used] as such,
it should have 31 onji sounds [which are much smaller than syllables]
so, less tha 31 syllables is preferrable.
It is a MOOD poem in which [unlike haiku] metaphor, personification,simile and
other poetic devises maybe used in a short/long/short/long/long format.
Copyright © Debbie Guzzi | Year Posted 2011
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