Japanese Tanka is a form of poetry much like the Haiku but older and with 31 syllables in a 5,7,5,7,7, pattern instead of the 17 syllable 5,7,5 pattern of the Haiku. I have been writing some as exercises. Please enjoy:

The only access
     That I have to you is through
          Electronic words.
               They feel so anonymous
                     When sent to you in this way.
	
Eyes seen through glasses,
     Peering at them is a trick,
          Hard to know and read.
               Even when removed it's not
                    An intimate gaze toward me.
	
Unattainable
     Intimacy is what I
          Seek through your touch on
               My feeble shoulders and arms
                    Covered in bruises and scars.
	
It is hot outside;
     Waves rise up from the edges
           Of roads and plant life.
                A mean sun on my shoulders
                     Forming pearls of sweat and dirt.