Tanka
It is my turn now,
    Hey! Did you fudge on that shot,
    You were past the line,
    Penalties, you went too far,
                  Next time we will play for fair.
                                            
If you'd like to write a Tanka, which is a response to a Haiku poem, the directions are as follows:

    line 1 - five syllables
    line 2 - seven syllables
    line 3 - five syllables
    line 4 - seven syllables
    line 5 - seven syllables

 
 

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