Shining in the aisle
Sun approaches with a smile
Knocks on the main door
I rise early not to miss
But some days remain cloudy
The Japanese tanka is a thirty-one-syllable poem, traditionally written in a single unbroken line. A form of waka, Japanese song or verse, tanka translates as "short song," and is better known in its five-line, 5/7/5/7/7 syllable count form