YOU ARE READING Short Poetry Forms Poetry Part VI 69 5 7 by timothy_tea by timothy_tea Follow Share Post to Your Profile Share via Email Report Story Send Send to Friend Share Post to Your Profile Share via Email Report Story Death Knells (Tanka) Listen to those bells Ringing in the distant vale Knells for funerals. One gong for each year of life Sounds like this person was old. ~ Tanka: syllable pattern of 5,7,5,7,7. © Timothy 10 November, 2013~