Day 75: Shakespeare's High School Poetry... It's Raining, It's Pouring, Who Gives A Shit

Today's style of poem is from Japan. It is a tanka, which is similar to a haiku in subject matter and imagery. The difference is the structure. There are 5 lines in a tanka in which the syllable count is 5, 7, 5, 7, 7. Today was the second time this week I've been caught in the rain. If you know me well, dear reader, there are 2 things about the rain that I love. One of them I have yet to do, but the other is, well, I'm just damn good at getting caught in a downpour without an umbrella. I love it when I have nowhere to be.

 In The Rain

Alone in the rain,

Walking carelessly in streets.

I’m soaked to the bone.

No need for an umbrella.

I stopped caring long ago.