Family Tanka Poems
These Family Tanka poems are examples of Tanka poems about Family. These are the best examples of Tanka Family poems written by international poets.
That Was Then, This Is Now
That was then when we
studied using pen...
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Categories:
love,
My New Foster Mom
my new foster mom
stays one step ahead of me
planting seeds of forgiveness;
unlike my step mom
who merely plowed up my heart
...
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Categories:
11th grade, family, forgiveness,
Odds and Endsbarely adult male
lacking abilities needs
aimless future trials~
driven working family
young man dies by drunk driver...
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allusion, analogy, death, drink,
Smiling Autumn FacesA slight comic gust
as vivid autumn colour
turns laughing dervish
we sense the quasi-winter
prelude to Halloween fare
Back to school urchins
scream with joy to spite...
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autumn, beautiful, beauty, color,
MotherhoodHow lovely it is,
Birthing child on Mother's Day.
An example of
Someone who has made her way
To fulfilling motherhood....
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baby, blessing, child, family,
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adventure, allegory, allusion, blessing,
Whispers of Gratitudegrateful for whispers
of loved ones who've departed
here warming my heart
grateful for the here and now
with my loved ones by my side...
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family, grandmother, introspection,
A Blade of GrassI'm a blade of grass
My whole family crowds me
No identity
I would like to find myself
The vast world a blade of grass...
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angst, color, environment,
Elderside Or Youth BewareRusty appliance
sit smile sleep slighted succumb
dead end offspring
foreign cultures revere us
disposable waste...
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age, family, obituary, relationship,
A December MementoShe had been away,
Had walked through midnight's pathway,
She stands not alone,
No longer on a lone flight,
A home they have found with her.
December 15, 2022....
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Categories:
december, family, happy, home,
December Toils of TravelsHurt of holidays,
December vacation daze
From toils and travails
Of tense, maddening travels,
Remorse on return, mind blasé.
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Tanka |07.12.2022|
Poet’s note: Some social visits this December following deaths...
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Categories:
december, holiday, travel,
Running StreamForever runs true,
And never say goodbye once,
Or leads mind astray.
Rather grows each passing day...
Be proud! if found claims to love....
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art, best friend, black
Something About Her EyesYou were so well-loved.
Your mother truly believed
You were an angel
With the loveliest of eyes
And always a smile so wide.
For K.K.T.
(July 2004 to May 2022)
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"There was...
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Categories:
angel, child, cousin, death,
Sight For Sore EyesMilky Way dream spots
and other-worlds engaged me
this earthbound urchin
science fiction plots might stir
a pure childhood fantasy
But golden aura
folks can sense that...
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Categories:
care, celebration, character, child,
Childhood NostalgiaWhen I was a child,
I went picking blueberries,
I was perhaps three.
My mom and two sisters were
all the family I knew.
I recall when mom
taught me to...
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Categories:
adventure, childhood, emotions, feelings,