Challenge
Double Tanka Poetry Challenge
Using 10 lines and a syllable count of: 57577 & 57577, tell a story. Most creative/descriptive wins.
A song for the cold
Underneath cold sun
Grackles call, trill, together.
Hidden, here's human
Unbelonging to birdcalls
Stands alone, listening, chilled.
Splashing mallards hide
Under wings, unbothered by
Eyes, searching for yet
More music, metaphorical
Warmth no sun provides, birds do.