| Gallery Nine |
| A Tanka is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the Haiku. |
| It contains five unrhymed lines of verse, with a pattern of five, seven, five, seven and seven syllables in each consecutive line. |
| I enjoy the quiet simplicity of the Tanka; the words seem to just float. waiting to be plucked from the air and be understood. |
| Tankas |