A tanka (short song) is a 31-syllable Japanese “poem” that follows a 5-7-5-7-7-syllable scheme.
Chicken – A Tipsy Tanka (November 18, 2021)
![Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash](https://shakespearesshoes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Chicken-A-Tipsy-Tanka.jpg)
They went to a pub
and got drunk, except for the
AI who only
drank a protein shake with
the finger of a chicken.
Fountains – A Jet Tanka (April 16, 2021)
![Fountains](https://shakespearesshoes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Fountains.jpg)
The fountain of youth
drowned when the fire hydrant burst.
The fountain of love
dried when the heart was not right.
All fountains have melted down.