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Poem Title	Form	Categories	Poet	Date Posted
Searching	Tanka	absence,devotion,	Ruebel, Sharon	05/21/2013
Army Rangers Rescue UFO Abductee	Tanka	adventure,courage,freedom	Morris, James	05/20/2013
seasons that I love	Tanka	autumn,spring,summer,wint	Thein, Mya	05/20/2013
HOME	Tanka	home,	Nair, S.Jagathsimhan	05/20/2013
Yellow	Tanka	yellow,	Pettit, Robert	05/19/2013
CLEM POTTS AND THE MOON	Tanka	humor,humorous,	austin, daver	05/18/2013
short verse sort of tanka	Tanka	april,	hansen, jan oskar	05/16/2013
Soothing coolness	Tanka	beach,uplifting,	Ruebel, Sharon	05/15/2013
Tale of the Tiger	Tanka	sports,	Ryerson, Tim	05/15/2013
five minute challenge	Tanka	sad,	Susan, Black Eyed	05/14/2013
Thy Earth	Tanka	beauty,care,caregiving,ea	Cee, Elai	05/14/2013
Yellow	Tanka	color,	Galinta, Leonora	05/14/2013
A Yellow Color	Tanka	color,	Galinta, Leonora	05/14/2013
May Day Dew	Tanka	inspirational,	horsman, harry	05/14/2013
blue	Tanka	color,	Roberts, Francine	05/14/2013
friend	Tanka	friendship,	Lucas, Becca	05/14/2013
Yellow	Tanka	yellow,	Lamoureux, Richard	05/14/2013
Blue	Tanka	art,	LANRE, GOODNESS	05/14/2013
Black	Tanka	dark,life,	Ghali, Eileen	05/14/2013
Green	Tanka	garden,health,	Sefunmi, Modupe	05/14/2013
Blue	Tanka	color,	OMara, Red	05/13/2013
A Recovering Academic	Tanka	growth,	Konos, Judy	05/13/2013
Snowballs	Tanka	snow,	Weiss, Maya	05/13/2013
Terminal	Tanka	death,	horsman, harry	05/13/2013
Yellow	Tanka	beautiful,love,	Gorelick, Barbara	05/13/2013
Cobalt Blue	Tanka	life,nature,	Kendrick, Sara	05/13/2013
Gold	Tanka	color,	OMara, Red	05/12/2013
Green	Tanka	green,seasons,	Pettit, Robert	05/12/2013
Orange	Tanka	beach,childhood,color,	Hicks, Timothy	05/12/2013
red	Tanka	color,	May, Joseph	05/12/2013
Blue	Tanka	blue,flower,sad,	Puddifoot, Charlotte	05/12/2013
Green	Tanka	april,change,green,spring	Posey, John	05/12/2013
blue	Tanka	spiritual,	horne, jack	05/12/2013
Empty Yet Full	Tanka	family,heart,love,	Ghali, Eileen	05/11/2013
Green	Tanka	emotions,	Seal, Richard D	05/11/2013
RED	Tanka	color,	Zablocki, Rick	05/11/2013
yellow	Tanka	color,freedom,people,	Susan, Black Eyed	05/11/2013
Black	Tanka	black african american,co	khan, yasmin	05/11/2013
My Favorite Color Pink	Tanka	color,	Johnson, Joyce	05/11/2013
The Color Green	Tanka	change,emotions,feelings,	hickman, cecil	05/10/2013
Green	Tanka	color,	Heemstra, Robert	05/10/2013
Bottle Green	Tanka	august,dream,	Rose , Mystic	05/10/2013
blue	Tanka	blue,emotions,sad,	Richards, Carrie	05/10/2013
Blue	Tanka	color,nature,	Gildersleeve, Connie	05/10/2013
Red	Tanka	passion,red,wine,	Lucas, Becca	05/10/2013
Gray	Tanka	judgement,	Poteet, Reason A.	05/10/2013
ORANGE	Tanka	autumn,color,nature,	onclaud, nette	05/10/2013
Green	Tanka	love,	cornish, craig	05/10/2013
Blue	Tanka	blue,color,	Roberts, Seren	05/10/2013
Violet	Tanka	color,	Roberts, Seren	05/10/2013
Yellow	Tanka	flower	Udaeta, Melani	05/09/2013
dead silence	Tanka	career,	Bonin, Judy	05/09/2013
Red	Tanka	color,red,	Sivey, Russell	05/09/2013
Rain Art	Tanka	rain	Udaeta, Melani	05/09/2013
Being Apart	Tanka	care,love,	horsman, harry	05/09/2013
Need to Ride the Tide	Tanka	care,love,	horsman, harry	05/09/2013
White	Tanka	color,	Ali, Afroze	05/09/2013
Pink	Tanka	color,	De la Croes, David	05/09/2013
Tanka-8	Tanka	life,lost,	Goodwin, Sean	05/09/2013
Black	Tanka	color,	Mannan, Tahera	05/08/2013
Black is to Blame	Tanka	dark,evil,	mittal, sima	05/08/2013
Black	Tanka	color,	Vassallo, Alfred	05/08/2013
Red	Tanka	color,emotions,love,	Bateson, Betty	05/08/2013
Light bathe'd	Tanka	beauty,	Maverick, Joe	05/06/2013
Calla Lilies	Tanka	flower,morning,	Roberts, Francine	05/06/2013
typewriter contest	Tanka	nostalgia,sad,	Susan, Black Eyed	05/06/2013
Where Art Thou	Tanka	strength,	Vassallo, Alfred	05/06/2013
Blueberry Muffin	Tanka	food,seasons,	Pettit, Robert	05/05/2013
Light of the Sun	Tanka	baby,earth,light,nature,s	Nguyen, Ngoc	05/05/2013
SPRING HOUSE CLEANING	Tanka	work,	austin, daver	05/05/2013
A Ripple in Time	Tanka	light,moon,nature,space,s	Nguyen, Ngoc	05/05/2013
Creation2	Tanka	science,	Fillmore, Carol	05/03/2013
Creation	Tanka	bible,christian,	Fillmore, Carol	05/03/2013
Reflections of a Ripple in Time	Tanka	father,mother,nostalgia,p	Richards, Carrie	05/01/2013
The Stars	Tanka	heart,star,	Udaeta, Melani	04/28/2013
Toe to Toe	Tanka	emotions,hate,	Lamoureux, Richard	04/28/2013
Falling Through The Cracks- A Different Kind of Tanka	Tanka	sad love,	Ghali, Eileen	04/28/2013
LOVE	Tanka	love,	Rose , Mystic	04/27/2013
Tanka 10	Tanka	family,writing,	Hicks, Timothy	04/26/2013
Trust	Tanka	betrayal,	horsman, harry	04/26/2013
STROKES OF LAVENDER	Tanka	romance,rose,	onclaud, nette	04/25/2013
White Roses	Tanka	beautiful,	LANRE, GOODNESS	04/25/2013
Lavender Rose	Tanka	beautiful,flower,love,	Lamoureux, Richard	04/25/2013
Words I couldn't tell you	Tanka	love	poet, kash	04/25/2013
Earth Angels	Tanka	angel,inspirational,	Squyres, Debra	04/25/2013
Hands	Tanka	love,	horsman, harry	04/25/2013
Love You Till The End And Beyond	Tanka	lost love,love,	horsman, harry	04/25/2013
3 Tankas on HONEY	Tanka	fantasy,food,happiness,tr	mittal, sima	04/25/2013
Tanka 9	Tanka	beauty,bereavement,star,	Hicks, Timothy	04/25/2013
morning sun	Tanka	bird,morning,sun,	Roberts, Francine	04/24/2013
Tanka 8	Tanka	moving on,sorrow,	Hicks, Timothy	04/24/2013
Sonnet Sorrows and Tanka Blankas	Limerick	humorous,poems,poetry,	Ghali, Eileen	04/23/2013
Tanka 7	Tanka	nature,	Hicks, Timothy	04/23/2013
Tanka 6	Tanka	technology,	Hicks, Timothy	04/22/2013
Thy Name	Tanka	longing,missing,name,	Medida, Jonathan	04/22/2013
Whisper	Tanka	life,love,memory,	Medida, Jonathan	04/22/2013
Still - Again - I See	Tanka	best friend,betrayal,lost	Parise, Rick	04/21/2013
From Above The Lost City	Tanka	city,	Dietrich, Andrea	04/21/2013
in the meadow	Tanka	betrayal,	Susan, Black Eyed	04/21/2013
The Shine	Tanka	how i feel,inspiration,lo	Medida, Jonathan	04/21/2013