Tanka Poems
#tanka
Tanka poems, short poems in the classical Japanese poetry style with the form of 5-7-5-7-7 syllables per unit or line.
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E.A.Rothwell
E.A.Rothwell
Poem Published
21st Jul 2020 4:08am
21st Jul 2020 4:08am
Tanka #43 sunrise
feet in the sand
Sun rises
to a painted sky...
setting sun elusive...
await coming summer feature
Sun rises
to a painted sky...
setting sun elusive...
await coming summer feature
#sun
#beach
#tanka
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5 Comments
Ely
E.A.Rothwell
E.A.Rothwell
Poem Published
4th Jul 2020 5:45pm
4th Jul 2020 5:45pm
Tanka #39 my folks were hoping...
My folks were hoping to marry me...
off to a man who would be
a stabilizing influence.
...I don't think you were exactly
what they had in mind...
off to a man who would be
a stabilizing influence.
...I don't think you were exactly
what they had in mind...
#parent
#family
#tanka
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4 Comments
Kinkpoet
Poem Published
6th Jun 2020 00:30am
6th Jun 2020 00:30am
Star Sound
subliminal buzz
high-pitched celestial humming
exultant grateful
insignificant flyspeck
adrift within milky way
© 2020 Raibeart Bruis
high-pitched celestial humming
exultant grateful
insignificant flyspeck
adrift within milky way
© 2020 Raibeart Bruis
#stars
#spiritual
#SelfReflection
#tanka
#gratitude
72 reads
2 Comments
Kinkpoet
Poem Published
4th May 2020 4:09pm
4th May 2020 4:09pm
New World Order
#politics
#tanka
#rebellion
75 reads
4 Comments
Summerrain75
Poem Published
26th Apr 2020 8:50pm
26th Apr 2020 8:50pm
Sleep Deprivation (String of Tanka)
Time is ticking by
And I am trap in this trance
Unable to move
From my sitting position
To get up and start moving
My mind is hazy
My chest feels heavy, burdened
For no known reason
Since waking up very late
On this rainy afternoon
After a long while
The old familiar feeling
Is back to trouble
My heart my mind and my spirit
With feelings of disquiet
I am overtaken
By sense of placidity
That has been hiding
In the shadow of daylight
Waiting for a chance to pounce
Sleep...
And I am trap in this trance
Unable to move
From my sitting position
To get up and start moving
My mind is hazy
My chest feels heavy, burdened
For no known reason
Since waking up very late
On this rainy afternoon
After a long while
The old familiar feeling
Is back to trouble
My heart my mind and my spirit
With feelings of disquiet
I am overtaken
By sense of placidity
That has been hiding
In the shadow of daylight
Waiting for a chance to pounce
Sleep...
#anxiety
#tanka
#boredom #NaPoWriMo2020
#boredom #NaPoWriMo2020
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2 Comments
Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
jade tiger
Poem Published
13th Apr 2020 5:49pm
13th Apr 2020 5:49pm
Sheltering
( Tanka )
sheltering in place,
becoming life that will stay
on shallow fault lines
I know we will be alone,
the breakers keep us apart
◽️ ▪️ ◽️
I hear every thought,
po’etry that soothes, he’als
in uncertain times
a tsunami pulling back
but we know it will return
◽️ ▪️ ◽️
is this coming next,
living from a paper box
nowhere else to go
silently the rain shivers, ...
sheltering in place,
becoming life that will stay
on shallow fault lines
I know we will be alone,
the breakers keep us apart
◽️ ▪️ ◽️
I hear every thought,
po’etry that soothes, he’als
in uncertain times
a tsunami pulling back
but we know it will return
◽️ ▪️ ◽️
is this coming next,
living from a paper box
nowhere else to go
silently the rain shivers, ...
#LifeStruggles
#rain
#tanka
#NaPoWriMo2020
#pandemic
125 reads
8 Comments
Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
jade tiger
Poem Published
12th Mar 2020 7:45am
12th Mar 2020 7:45am
A Thousand Cranes
千羽鶴
( tanka )
while I wait for spring
in honor of Myagi
I fold the first crane
reviving a spirit djinn
it sings in my small hand
🧞♂️
cranes made of paper
in harmony to the earth
a journey begins
as I fold and neatly tuck
snowflakes to be wishes
🧞♀️
quietly sightless
their cause to be as one
when it’s time to say
with these origami birds
this is what I...
( tanka )
while I wait for spring
in honor of Myagi
I fold the first crane
reviving a spirit djinn
it sings in my small hand
🧞♂️
cranes made of paper
in harmony to the earth
a journey begins
as I fold and neatly tuck
snowflakes to be wishes
🧞♀️
quietly sightless
their cause to be as one
when it’s time to say
with these origami birds
this is what I...
#birds
#winter
#nature
#tanka
#respect
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18 Comments
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E.A.Rothwell
E.A.Rothwell
Poem Published
22nd Jan 2020 8:20pm
22nd Jan 2020 8:20pm
Tanka #41. Science
Science is sexy...
oft the concrete proof
for which we hunger
ultimately...
it's all about balance
oft the concrete proof
for which we hunger
ultimately...
it's all about balance
#science
#tanka
81 reads
6 Comments
Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
jade tiger
Poem Published
20th Jan 2020 1:56pm
20th Jan 2020 1:56pm
Lullaby (tanka version)
rain has since moved on
while he's gone and I listen
to metal tines’ pluck
a Zimbabwe lullaby
playing on the mbira
🦒
yet how still the air—
there's scent of unlit candles
gifts by and from him
throughout the hunting lodge
reminders to him of me
🦒
on the veranda
wearing little more than heat
endless savanna
for my eyes seek and yearn
he...
while he's gone and I listen
to metal tines’ pluck
a Zimbabwe lullaby
playing on the mbira
🦒
yet how still the air—
there's scent of unlit candles
gifts by and from him
throughout the hunting lodge
reminders to him of me
🦒
on the veranda
wearing little more than heat
endless savanna
for my eyes seek and yearn
he...
#love
#countryside
#travel
#tanka
#nostalgia
166 reads
15 Comments
Ely
E.A.Rothwell
E.A.Rothwell
Poem Published
20th Dec 2019 3:52am
20th Dec 2019 3:52am
Tanka #24 perseverance
If it were good enough for
Robert the Bruce…
Who am I to disagree?
Perseverance worked for him…
I expect that it will work for me…
Robert the Bruce…
Who am I to disagree?
Perseverance worked for him…
I expect that it will work for me…
#tanka
#historical
#determination
95 reads
4 Comments
Ely
E.A.Rothwell
E.A.Rothwell
Poem Published
25th Nov 2019 3:08am
25th Nov 2019 3:08am
Tanka #38 Baby it's Cold Outside
Baby it's Cold outside, he crooned…
hoping to get into her pants...
It may be cold outside,
she replied...but it's
entirely too warm in here… old dear
hoping to get into her pants...
It may be cold outside,
she replied...but it's
entirely too warm in here… old dear
#lust
#rain
#tanka
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0 Comments
Jade-Pandora
jade tiger
jade tiger
Poem Published
22nd Sep 2019 8:39am
22nd Sep 2019 8:39am
Would Issa
( a rensaku = linked tanka )
🍂
a cooler morning—
I await the chime of leaves
that rustle and fall
but birds have all left to find
nests made of grateful leaves
🍂
the season is ill—
the sun is facing away
do I only see,
setting out a water bowl
for a stray cat with no voice
🍂
🍂
a cooler morning—
I await the chime of leaves
that rustle and fall
but birds have all left to find
nests made of grateful leaves
🍂
the season is ill—
the sun is facing away
do I only see,
setting out a water bowl
for a stray cat with no voice
🍂
#birds
#fall
#nature #tanka
#nature #tanka
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14 Comments
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