Double Tanka
Sixty-two syllables:
Japanese poets
made the tanka popular
in the long ago
'Myriad Leaves Collection'
showed tankas to perfection.
Quite acceptable
back in sixteen sixty-five
short verse came alive.
Tanka was a work of art
in poetry from the heart.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Read about Tanka, thanks.