Promptly Poetry Challenge 2022/2023

Week 5: TANKA - "Light"

What light comes to me
Is by grace and grace alone
Speaking to the light
I hope to obtain a peace
Passing all understanding

This week's prompt is a poetry form:

TANKA

Tanka is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to haiku.
It consists of five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables. (5, 7, 5, 7, 7)

Your poem may be on any topic or subject,
but it must follow the form.

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