Splashing Dog

(This is a Tanka: Japanese poem of five lines, the first and third composed of five syllables and the others seven. In Japanese, tanka is often written in one straight line, but in English and other languages, we usually divide the lines into the five syllabic units: 5-7-5-7-7.) Splashing Dog by Amy Swanson Great drops of water fly vigorously from him! Black hair glistening he gallops through the river, stops only to shake himself!