I've taken my bows My heart took a turn downward I've risen to Earth With all my fear left behind But how will I survive now? Tanka is like a Haiku. The only real huge differences are it's syllable scheme and the fact it's written in 5 lines. A tanka has 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second, 5 in the third, and 7 in the final two lines. John Monteblanco 8/15/10