Two poems in "Tanka" style

Tanka is a form of unrhymed Japanese poetry, with five sections totalling 31 onji (phonological units identical to Morae), structured in a 5-7-5-7-7 pattern. Tanka was originally the shorter form of Japanese formal poetry (which was generally referred to as "Waka"), and was used more heavily to explore personal rather than public themes. By the tenth century, Tanka had become the dominant form of Japanese poetry, to the point where the originally general term Waka ("Japanese poetry") came to be used exclusively for Tanka. Tanka are still widely written today.
Source: Wikipedia.

The moon has landed
on two lovers in the lake.
A familiar light
blanket covers to reveal,
floating stars kissing the night

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Blossom horizon
Snow dust clouds tip Mount Fuji
Clear crisp ice sake
Pink roe Ikura Gunkan
Tokyo dreaming paper crane

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