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Rated: E · Book · Children's · #1866119
This is a collection of poetry that I'm working on for my grandson.
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#752435 added May 7, 2012 at 7:13am
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Ribbon Eel
Ribbon Eel

Gaping
Jaws open
Searching
For his lunch
Yummy shrimp


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An English Tanka is shorter than the Japanese Tanka but the rhythm is the same. There are only 13 syllables total with no required rhyme or meter.

The syllable scheme is as follows:

Line 1: 2 syllables
Line 2: 3 syllables
Line 3: 2 syllables
Line 4: 3 syllables
Line 5: 3 syllables
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