July 31, 2013 Steel Bars – A Tanka Leave a comment Steel bars of prison No match for my jailer’s wrath Sentence self-imposed Cruelty and deprivation Are the penalties for sin ~ ~~ Dominic R. DiFrancesco ~~ Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Like Loading... Related Posted by Dom DiFrancesco in Poetry Tagged: anxiety, depression, longing, pain, poem, poetry, questioning., self, self-imposed, suffering, tanka, torment