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 23rd 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.
A broken contract
Leads to instant dismissal
In corporate world
Yet I choose to treat my staff
As they treat me – with kindness
