Heres my first crack at the tankaTuedsay poetry challenge. The task is to choose a syllabic form. The theme is movement.
I’m only familiar with haiku and tanka. My initial thought was to do one of those, but this is supposed to be a challenge, right? So I looked up some other types and decided on a wayra.
The wayra is a popular form originating in Peru/Bolivia from the indigenous Quechua people. The word “wayra” means wind in the Quechua language. So what a better way to write about movement than with a poetry form named after something that really moves!
This short syllabic verse has five lines with a syllable count of 5/7/7/6/8. It is unrhymed and incorporates onomatopoeia within the verse.
So here it goes…
Spring Wind
Bitter cold whispers harsh
Though the branches, hiss, and dance
Winter lost its artic grip
Against the warm veins
Interwoven in the spring wind.
Life is a dark ride 
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