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
Photo by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash

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
Photo by Spencer Wing on Pixabay

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.


Yann Tiersen – Porz Goret