Apr 2013
Hard mighty metal
plundering into the soil,
tunneling pastures
of calm, Sioux tracks on the cold
clay of thieves and History.
plundering into the soil,
tunneling pastures
of calm, Sioux tracks on the cold
clay of thieves and History.
Today I chose one of the final forms from Ode Less Traveled, the Japanese Tanka poem, similar to the haiku but with 5/7/5/7/7 syllable lines. I ran out of time but wanted to do three. I was reminded of the 1970s Tonka brand toy trucks and I read today that they were named for the Dakota Sioux word Tonka or Tanka meaning "big."
