Hot Dog

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Tanka is a classic form of Japanese poetry related to the haiku with five unrhymed lines of five, seven, five, seven, and seven syllables(5/7/5/7/7).
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Here, In this Tanka, dog is a metaphor. It is a kind of political satire.

Hot Dog

Dog bites innocent beings

Barks aloud to brag about

Shatters peace around

Licks the feet of greedy and

Powerful business tycoons

Submitted: March 08, 2014

Poetry politics hate violence greed power

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thumblina Aka vandana

lovely form of poetry.....
great job

Sun, March 9th, 2014 10:48am

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Thank you!!

Sun, March 23rd, 2014 9:01am

Lisa Ayers

Great job with the metaphor. I like this because so much is said in so little. Powerful message

Sat, March 22nd, 2014 5:13am

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I hope everything is right with the syllable count....Anyways thanks a lot for giving your precious time to read and comment on my work. It means a lot.

Sun, March 23rd, 2014 9:04am