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DIFFERENT STROKES



I could climb a peak

in faraway Sri Lanka.

But since I’m a geek

I’ll climb in bed, tweak my head

and write a rhyming tanka.


or….


You can scale a peak

in faraway Sri Lanka.

When it’s thrills I seek,

I prefer to tweak some lines

and write a rhyming tanka.



F.Y.I


I’m not from Japan.

I’m no geisha with a fan.

I’m just a poet

with a short attention span

rhyming tanka ‘cause I can.