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Tanka Style Nature Poem Cycle (5-7-5-7-7)
There is something rare
Sunlight on the spiderwebs
Does a spider know
Its creation shimmers bright
Beneath the small verdant leaves?
Why does a fly still
Struggle for life in the web?
The arachnid comes
Drawn to the pathetic sight
Still it tries to stay alive
Brown oak of the desk
I touch it, feel the tree rings
Why do we cut down
Such a wise living thing?
We crave comfort, not lessons
Another crow caws
It does not care if it's loud.
Crows have better things
They can concern themselves with
Than the human’s annoyance
Certainly, you know
The seasons always must change
Yet still you cling on
To a figment of the past
And think a dry leaf a rose.
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Japanese Style Tanka Poems on nature. The tanka form is like an extended haiku—thirty one syllables, arranged in a (5-7-5-7-7) syllable format.