Choka is an extended version of Tanka, which is similiar to Haiku. It is consisted of 5-7 units that are repeated at least twice. The poem concludes with 5-7-7.
Red moon in the sky
A backdrop of darkest night
Apocalypse starts
With its cruel reign of terror
The accursed time
When waves of mass destruction
Meets impending doom
First a timorous whisper
Carried by the breeze
Dispersing several seeds
Like dandelions
A mighty roar, flowing mane
Now it’s in full bloom
Ravaging the dirt-packed earth
Uprooting all plants
Left are few scorched, empty plains
Visages: lost world
Too late, too late but
Beware of the elements
That once breathed life in this world
