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 25th 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.
If I dare to start
I could never, ever stop
Crying my heart out
Kind words of praise ring hollow
As empty hours pass, alone
