Poems about Tanka

• [ sunrise ]

  by azure85 6 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 28 8:35 PM. In tanka
• Red Fever, White Heaven (Tanka Chain)

  Paper heart shredded
  petals caught summer's last breath

  by Blue Rew 14 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 25 7:50 PM. In nature, tanka, form, heartbreak
• beams...

  night at the lake
  watching minnows rise

  by Peteskid 8 lines, 12 comments, on Oct 24 10:17 PM. In tanka
• evening...

  by Peteskid 9 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 24 7:07 PM. In tanka
• a moth

  by gaze 20 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 24 11:03 AM. In tanka
• [ if the autumn breeze ]

  by Lee Tai Wah 7 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 20 9:12 AM. In Nature, Contest, Tanka
• Tenderness ~Tanka~

  Such vivid dreamers
  cast magic in woven words

  by ScarletO 8 lines, 8 comments, on Oct 19 9:45 PM. In Tanka, Thoughts
• Personal Demise

  Haunting me, she waits--
  behind the lies, underneath

  by DefinitiveFreak 4 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 18 6:01 PM. In Personal, Tanka
• Somonka

  Poem by Prince Felipe of Asturius to Doña Letzia Ortiz
  

  by whitecoffee 18 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 16 4:55 AM. In Contest, Tanka, Romance, Love
• Lifes Cobblestone Path

  Credit for picture goes to
  http://ineedchemicalx.deviantart.com/art/Rewinding-steps-139916844

  by Shantti 25 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 13 6:57 PM. In Tanka, Personal, Thoughts, Contest
• [echoes]

  in the thunder
  can you still hear my song

  by Draig aine 23 lines, 13 comments, on Oct 11 9:25 PM. In Contest, Personal, Thoughts, Life, Love, tanka
• Flora

  The weight of the morning dew bends old safflowers,
  so that they cannot see the roots of the young saplings.

  by NickBlaze 2 lines, 2 comments, on Oct 5 9:45 PM. In Tanka, Nature
• [a day of prayer flags]

  autumn morning
  low clouds fly on brisk winds

  by Draig aine 10 lines, 11 comments, on Oct 1 10:25 AM. In Contemporary, tanka, chan, Personal, Spiritual, Thoughts
• Every Now And Then

  by Cynthia Gaines 5 lines, 9 comments, on Sep 27 1:39 PM. In Life, Spiritual, Thoughts, Tanka, Zen Poetry
• If Tomorrow Never Comes

  by Cynthia Gaines 5 lines, 11 comments, on Sep 26 1:51 PM. In Life, Spiritual, Thoughts, Tanka
• Sunny Joy

  Kissed by a cool breeze
  Joy blows through my sunny mind

  by Stevie.me 4 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 24 11:46 AM. In Tanka, Nature, My life, Joy, Family
• field; morning

  gentle sunlit warmth
  caresses field of arrayed

  by Macsword 6 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 24 4:16 AM. In Contest, Tanka
• Zen Reading

  wisdom's beams caress this soul
  heart smiles a zen smile

  by Stevie.me 4 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 20 12:37 PM. In Spiritual, Inspirational, Tanka, Reading, Joy
• Warm Lips

  by Kathleen a Nazarene 10 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 19 7:04 PM. In Tanka, Senryu, Nature, Life, Love, Thoughts
• rainstorm

  rain enters valley
  stormclouds attack horizon

  by Macsword 4 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 9 9:04 AM. In Contest, Tanka
• winter's advent

  cold clouds encompass
  mountaintop's branched, scarved noggin

  by Macsword 4 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 9 8:59 AM. In Contest, Tanka
• [innocent forest]

  innocent forest
  sadly losing shady lanes

  by Macsword 4 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 9 8:53 AM. In Contest, Tanka
• Six Feet Under

  hazy clouds appear
  as the rain threatens to fall

  by Summer52 10 lines, 6 comments, on Sep 7 9:21 PM. In Life, Love, Pain, Thoughts, Humor, Acrostic, Haiku, Tanka, Contest
• Luna's Sensitive Ears

  Autumn's moon screams full
  coyote; wolf bandy growls

  by Macsword 4 lines, 14 comments, on Sep 5 3:48 AM. In Contest, Tanka
• Priceless

  by Olivias Violin 11 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 31 12:50 PM. In tanka
• Sinking City

  Concrete silently
  weeping softly clouded rain

  by GothicXroseXpetal 4 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 29 11:39 PM. In Nature, Thoughts, Tanka, Life
• one shadow (Tanka)

  sunrise solitude
  dust cakes shoelaces, fingers

  by Macsword 4 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 27 6:42 AM. In Contest, Nature, Tanka
• no fear (Tanka)

  moon forces shadows
  into forest footsteps passage

  by Macsword 4 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 23 8:26 AM. In Contest, Tanka
• Seeds of Love

  by Cynthia Gaines 9 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 20 8:54 PM. In Friendship, Life, Love, Tribute, Tanka
• [late summer breezes]

  by marlene47 22 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 16 9:16 PM. In Contest, haiku, tanka, senryu
• No Skating Tonight

  Large gray clouds roll in
  Iced tears fall in my chilled heart

  by Stevie.me 4 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 14 6:11 PM. In Life, Nature, Tanka, Ice Skating
• Victorian From Downunder

  by Cynthia Gaines 21 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 14 1:53 PM. In Friendship, Life, Tanka, Tribute
• "Perfection" (Tanka/Senryu)

  by BuriedTreasures 9 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 11 12:55 PM. In Love, Life, Tanka, Senryu
• it must have been a rose

  it must have been a rose
  to send the death rattle's

  by Spiros Zafiris 7 lines, on Aug 10 1:21 PM. In Hope, Life, Personal, Spiritual, Tanka
• Winter of the Heart

  by azure85 11 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 10 10:39 AM. In tanka, noguest
• lips

  lips are lips, full, thin,
  dark, light, one and the same

  by plieades 4 lines, on Aug 8 1:32 PM. In Love, Tanka
• trapped (tanka)

  escaping nightmare
  skies crash not with thunder's cry

  by Macsword 4 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 4 9:22 AM. In Contest, Humor, Tanka
• The Earthquake

  the radio will
  soon confirm the earthquake; it

  by Spiros Zafiris 8 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 26 6:15 AM. In Tanka, Spiritual, Life, Inspirational
• The Confluence

  the confluence of
  will and might neath the pillow,

  by Spiros Zafiris 11 lines, on Jul 21 4:07 AM. In Tanka, Inspirational, Spiritual, Hope
• Valentines

  by KaiHallarn111 5 lines, on Jul 19 9:38 PM. In Love, Tanka
• [jacaranda trees]

  by marlene47 13 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 19 6:05 PM. In Contest, tanka
• A Golden Day

  by KaiHallarn111 16 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 17 7:36 PM. In Life, Nature, Tanka
• Archaic Planet

  by Cynthia Gaines 13 lines, 19 comments, on Jul 13 11:40 PM. In Tanka, Life, noguest, Thoughts
• Death While Living

  by Cynthia Gaines 8 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 12 2:22 PM. In Life, Society, Tanka, Thoughts
• Colors of Dawn (tanka)

  Peach-gold tones shimmer
  -- mist from twilight disappears

  by BrownEyedGirl575 5 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 12 12:57 AM. In Nature, Inspiring, Thoughts, Colors, Tanka
• My Hero

  Protects me always
  He will forever be there

  by YourAngelicDeath 4 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 30 7:04 PM. In Hero, Family, Tanka, Life
• Heartless Tanka

  I am a Heartless
  Darkness is my lonely soul

  by YourAngelicDeath 14 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 30 4:49 PM. In Tanka, Other, Fantasy, Dedication, Escape, Life
• [ her flamenco dress ]

  by Discoveria 4 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 23 5:51 PM. In Contest, Tanka
• Manuel

  La maestra asked
  Manuel to use the word ‘cheese’

  by Ken J 5 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 23 5:32 PM. In Contest, Tanka, Joke, Silly
• Gypsy Tears

  Brown path to the cave
  small girls seriously stomp

  by whitecoffee 5 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 23 4:36 PM. In Contest, Tanka

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