After Haiku

The Tanka

Is the dominant

Verse form in Japan

A Tanka

Consists of thirty-one syllables

Arranged in five lines of

5-7-5-7-7

I have a Japanese sister

Her name is Akira

She does not speak English

But understands French

I understand French

So she taught me

About The Tanka

Whilst we were waiting

For a train at the

Station of The Cherry Blossoms