Tanka: original Japanese poetry form, predating haiku by hundreds of years.
Traditionally 5 lines of approx 31 syllables maximum.
For examples of original Japanese waka (tanka) poetry, see: etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/hyakunin/index.html
To listen to a traditional piece of Japanese music, click the 'jen' character:
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Embraced by your eyes
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Soul unseen yet felt
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Centre-point - Pure Light
the Jewel in the Crown's -
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Gentle soul, I hear
where hate abounds and surrounds -
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The last reckoning
for arrogant Yellow Hair
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