Last day of old year
Dawns with tired resignation
Holding her dry breath –
Desiring the calendar
to turn a shiny new page.
Image by NoName_13 from Pixabay
A tanka is an ancient form of Japanese poem – the first two lines describe an experience; the third is a kind of pivot that leads into the last two lines that express a deeper or more transcendental meaning. The strict syllable pattern is 5/7/5/7/7 (not always observed.)
Wondering Pilgrim 