Welcome to my April 2024 Great and Powerful Blogging from A to Z Challenge!

I’ve revealed my theme (A poem a day…with picture), and of course, I am unashamedly blogging my theme letters on the fly.  So, here goes nothing!

So, without further ado, W is for Waka. “The waka is a Japanese 5-line poem (or stanza) that is often considered synonymous with the tanka, because both have a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable per line structure. However, the waka groups its lines together in a particular way. The first 2 lines should make up one piece, the next 2 lines should make the next, and then, the final line can stand on its own–or as part of the second group.“

Sick

Starts with tickly throat
blossoming to hacking cough.
Sleep eludes me as
sinus drip and fever join.
Will this cold never finish?

Thanks for visiting my 2024 A to Z Challenge – Letter W.

Guess I’m kind of going rogue too…although I do like using the “official” letters…