Tanka is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the haiku with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables. (5, 7, 5, 7, 7)
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eighteenth centurymy mother taken awaynever to returnit taught me great enduranceI wish I had a mother &9 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 1 9:30 AM 2007. In Dark, Tanka Style
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