Tanka 1: (Healed At His Feet) Poem by Paul Sebastian

Tanka 1: (Healed At His Feet)



Heavy rains poured
Heart drenched, goes home alone
For comforting warmth
To recoil and be healed
At the feet of my Lord God

Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: spiritual
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
A TANKA POEM is a Japanese poem which can also be known as a waka or ula. A tanka poem is similar to a haiku but has two additional lines.
A tanka consists of 5 lines and 31 syllables.
Each line has a set of syllables as below:
Line 1: 5 syllables
Line 2: 7 syllables
Line 3: 5 syllables
Line 4: 7 syllables
Line 5: 7 syllables
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