Commuter Tanka

By Tarik Dobbs
I am told the cows
accept new cows on the spot.
What iteration
of events will we live through
at sunrise on Highway Ten?
Source: Poetry (October 2025)
  • Glossary Terms

    Tanka

    A Japanese form of five lines with 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 syllables—31 in all. See Philip Appleman’s “Three Haiku, Two Tanka.” See also renga.