#tanka poems on Hello Poetry

Norman Crane Sep 2021

idlenest

leaves accumulate
on the wet windshield / wipers
off: my car idles
by the local corner store
we had candy / you wanted
more.

#short #tanka

Norman Crane Sep 2021

Early Autumn

summer lingers on
september on and on and
gone / chill of october dawn:
pink frost, dew, warm bed, me, you
—till the alarm clock turns on.

#short #summer #fall #autumn #tanka #gentle #nature

neth jones Aug 2021

00111 01

overnight
the humidity broke
release
underfoot discarded Cicada sheathes
litter a cooling pavement

VERSIONS

overnight
the humidity broke
underfoot
the chaff of many Cicadas

*

when will the humidity break ?
cicada jackets litter the pavements
into the night
tough breathing aggravates
thought retreats to past struggles
and envisions tough changes to come

#tanka #short #cicada #humidity

D Thornhill Aug 2021

tanka 23

always a time comes
when a decision is made
of which to follow,
childhood or adulthood dreams
smart ones pick floating castles

©️ dt + b

#tanka

Brian Yule Aug 2021

Wind-dance

Umbrella tangos
With a long-faded Cubs cap
In the sudden gale
Halestruck street swift abandoned
Stray dog their sole spectator

#tanka #nature #moment

Cedric Jul 2021

"Running Out"

Oh lonesome songbird
Sing a song to sing along
Thick air in a fog
Just sing along all alone
Your breath is long gone… so long

#tanka

Cedric Jul 2021

"Stars"

A wandering mind
Heart beating slow and steady
The night has not come
But in your eyes are the stars
They shine ever so brightly

#tanka

D Thornhill Jul 2021

tanka 22

all day rain fell soft
dusk brought air thick and steamy
within night’s darkness
first fireflies of summer flew
as dancers of the night air

©️ dt + b

#tanka

Rama Krsna Jun 2021

ephemeral (tanka)

death in the mirror
as time stealthily gallops......
my life flashes by
like orange tip butterflies
tap dancing from rose to rose

© 2021

a tanka is a Japanese style poem which is written with a syllable structure of 5/7/5/7/7

#life #death #immortality #time #illusion #nature #tanka

FlavioPAR Jul 2021

Quicksand

Frightening isn't it?
How quick are we to sink
From thoughts and fears
Even in the unsinkable
Steadiness of the daily grind

#tanka #japanese