Heavy and wet piles

in writing •  6 years ago 

Heavy and wet piles
on every sidewalk's edge,
pushed aside by straining, heroic force
only to be tramped back by a child.


Tanka is a form of Japanese poetry which translates as "short song." It is 31 syllables and often broken up into five lines of 5/7/5/7/7 syllables.

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