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.
Josiah
Poem Published
28th May 2022 00:08am
28th May 2022 00:08am
Sound Sleep
How would I know
If I were programmed to kill
At the drop of a line
So far lost in the past
But in a present so sudden
If I were programmed to kill
At the drop of a line
So far lost in the past
But in a present so sudden
#tanka
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1 Comment
Remy_L
Poem Published
24th Apr 2022 7:12am
24th Apr 2022 7:12am
i just miss you
you hurt me at times
and i let you have your way
things i never thought
anyone would put me through
i’d do it again for you
and i let you have your way
things i never thought
anyone would put me through
i’d do it again for you
#love
#grief
#heartbroken #tanka
#heartbroken #tanka
120 reads
2 Comments
Remy_L
Poem Published
19th Mar 2022 5:09am
19th Mar 2022 5:09am
isabel save me from hell
six-foot two, tall glass
captured in unbound beauty
she can quench my thirst
my heart delicate, contained
i kneel to this enchantress
captured in unbound beauty
she can quench my thirst
my heart delicate, contained
i kneel to this enchantress
#girlfriend
#relationships
#tanka
129 reads
2 Comments
Remy_L
Poem Published
13th Mar 2022 4:35am
13th Mar 2022 4:35am
white picket fence
closed the deal today
sold her and my dreams away
it was just ashes
yet tears seep through her lashes
decision weighs and crashes
sold her and my dreams away
it was just ashes
yet tears seep through her lashes
decision weighs and crashes
#breakup
#rhyming
#tanka #disappointment
#tanka #disappointment
185 reads
9 Comments
Ashley_M_Hardy
Poem Published
12th Feb 2022 8:10pm
12th Feb 2022 8:10pm
Self restoration Tanka
Remember again
Reconnect within and out
Reset the mind's eye
Strive for purpose and learning
Centralize your time and space
*Peace*
Reconnect within and out
Reset the mind's eye
Strive for purpose and learning
Centralize your time and space
*Peace*
#SelfReflection
#tanka
99 reads
6 Comments
oskar
Poem Published
21st Jan 2022 10:24am
21st Jan 2022 10:24am
shorts
Senryu
Endless summer heat
In January when cars won’t start
I’ll dream of summer.
One by one
Rose petals fall like old dreams
Heartache is your name.
Whirling dust
On summer empty lane
Melancholy.
Endless summer heat
In January when cars won’t start
I’ll dream of summer.
One by one
Rose petals fall like old dreams
Heartache is your name.
Whirling dust
On summer empty lane
Melancholy.
#haiku
#cinquain
#senryu #tanka
#senryu #tanka
79 reads
0 Comments
Green_Arrow
Poem Published
25th Dec 2021 8:23pm
25th Dec 2021 8:23pm
Hey, Jesus! Happy Birthday, Man!
When I saw three guys
go into the stable, yours
truly peeked inside
and saw that Joe's wife Mary
had given birth to their kid.
go into the stable, yours
truly peeked inside
and saw that Joe's wife Mary
had given birth to their kid.
#birth
#Christmas
#fiction
#dialogue
#tanka
90 reads
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Green_Arrow
Poem Published
21st Dec 2021 3:32am
21st Dec 2021 3:32am
I See Santa Claus Flying His Sleigh
Look, Mommy! I see
Santa Claus flying his sleigh
over Grandpa's barn!
Is that where Santa's workshop
is with all of the great toys?
Santa Claus flying his sleigh
over Grandpa's barn!
Is that where Santa's workshop
is with all of the great toys?
#family
#Christmas
#fiction
#dialogue
#tanka
102 reads
0 Comments
badmalthus
Harry Rout
Harry Rout
Poem Published
2nd Dec 2021 5:06am
2nd Dec 2021 5:06am
Still Born
covered in a blanket
of dark soil
a small headstone
this unknown child
experienced no suffering
of dark soil
a small headstone
this unknown child
experienced no suffering
#death
#tanka
227 reads
badmalthus
Harry Rout
Harry Rout
Poem Published
28th Nov 2021 1:42am
28th Nov 2021 1:42am
Roses
on red petals
between the beauty
settles the dust of death
leaving little salvation
one finds freedom
between the beauty
settles the dust of death
leaving little salvation
one finds freedom
#tanka
245 reads
oskar
Poem Published
25th Nov 2021 9:17am
25th Nov 2021 9:17am
keep it short
Make it short
Soothing rain on slates
Heal nerves torn to tatters
Unforgiving is life.
Rain is decanting
A transparent carpet of silk
Untouchable beauty.
Rain chased by gusts
Mad dance around corners
A day fit for heroes.
Soothing rain on slates
Heal nerves torn to tatters
Unforgiving is life.
Rain is decanting
A transparent carpet of silk
Untouchable beauty.
Rain chased by gusts
Mad dance around corners
A day fit for heroes.
#cinquain
#senryu
#tanka
86 reads
1 Comment
Remy_L
Poem Published
15th Oct 2021 5:17am
15th Oct 2021 5:17am
she's my shakira
she wore a black dress
spellbound by señorita
peaked and curious
we should make more memories
so i approached her focused
spellbound by señorita
peaked and curious
we should make more memories
so i approached her focused
#beauty
#tanka
#sexy
245 reads
4 Comments
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