“Iglish”: palm-burst noise
City garden cries havoc
Blunt carpe diem
Inbred posturing front rows
Masks of covetous fury.
The English tanka form has a 5-7-5-7-7 syllabic structure and is written from the poet's point of view. Update: I think I counted right on a do-over of the second and third lines a day later and a tanka shorter! 😅 For Colleen's Weekly Tanka Tuesday Challenge and Cee's FOTD challenge.
This Jolly Beggar 