Tanka 2: (Celebrated Life) Poem by Paul Sebastian

Tanka 2: (Celebrated Life)



Choices that I made
Paid my rewards, loss or gain
Lessons learnt both ways
Its life's chaotic progress
Towards celebrated life

Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: life
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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