According to Wikipedia, Tanka (短歌, “short poem”?) is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. Below you can read the 21st of my 2017 poems.
The aim is to write as many of these poems as possible to build a comprehensive picture of life with a disability in 21st century Britain.
The Red Army invades
An old enemy fortress
Hopes rise, then dashed
No victory on the pitch
A rivalry continues…
