Katuata - A Soul's Dream

This form of Japanese poetry originally consisted of a poem consisting of 19 syllables or onji, . There was a break after the fifth and twelfth onji and this would give us a form structure of. 5 - 7 – 7. Later poets also wrote using only 17 onji and this gave a form structure of 5 - 7 – 5.


“A Soul's Dream”

In my sleep, my soul
does raise from my body and
Runs and wanders the world, free.