Short Tanka Poems
Short Tanka Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short Tanka poems by PoetrySoup poets. Search the short Tanka poetry form by poem length and keyword.
Hobby Farmer
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Categories:
anger, autumn, grief, tree,
Form:
Tanka
Monoku Tanka
hiku to show - couplet to explain(tell)...
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Categories:
tanka, poetry,
Form:
Monoku
Japanese Image
A
tanka
in short verse
shows,yet never
tells...
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Categories:
tanka, on writing and words,
Form:
Lanterne
Lust
lust
dies quickly
fast
as the wink
of a firefly...
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Categories:
desire, girl, romantic,
Form:
Tanka
Spring Rains
Roses,
where are they?
Spring
rains
on my picnic....
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Categories:
life,
Form:
Tanka
Lost
lost
the only one
of us
then remember
in the breath...
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Categories:
blessing, death, i am, life, love,
Form:
Tanka
My Desire
my desire
sputters out
now
but my joy
of mozart rises...
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Categories:
desire, music,
Form:
Tanka
Laughter
laughter
a blessing
think
or old joke
eggs and poultry...
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Categories:
farm, mystery, simile,
Form:
Tanka
Age
yes
finally admitting to
my age
can I face
my seventies...
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Categories:
age,
Form:
Tanka
Eve
I can
be your sparrow
if you
promise not to
be my cage...
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Categories:
art,
Form:
Tanka
Hiding
hiding
the creature
within
she stalks the
streets nightly...
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Categories:
dark,
Form:
Tanka
Morning Tanka
fog at dawn
necklaced cobwebs
allure
entranced
passers-by...
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Categories:
nature, seasons,
Form:
Tanka
Categories:
life, space,
Form:
Tanka
Haiku About Giraffes
she eats from treetops
faster than a lioness
not a meal today...
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Categories:
animals, pets,
Form:
Tanka
Bowl
bowl
only my spoon
knows
what's in the soup
you roil my passion...
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Categories:
lust,
Form:
Tanka
Singing
I sing
in glee club
too loud
a nearby girl
rolls her eyes...
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Categories:
Form:
Tanka
Clouds Weave
Titian hue in clouds
Preambles a chilly dawn
Weaving a new day...
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Categories:
sky,
Form:
Tanka
A Sting
a sting
upon the face of
reality
La Cantata de la
Santa Maria...
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Categories:
allusion,
Form:
Tanka
Cafe Luna Leads
Ice cream cornet sounds
Ottowa freedom lovers
Human sleeping warm...
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Categories:
appreciation, blessing, friendship love,
Form:
Tanka
See the Reality
Revolution is.'
Earths waiting: awareness.'
Turn. To Jesus, call '...
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Categories:
birth, forgiveness, history, i am, miracle,
Form:
Tanka
Heartbeats
heartbeats
awakening to life
older
still dreaming
from the heart...
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Categories:
age, dream, feelings, poetry,
Form:
Tanka
Tiny Fingers
morning
for we three
tiny fingers
seal my heart
in love’s cocoon...
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Categories:
family, father, father son,
Form:
Tanka
Tanka- 2
without-
the waning sun
warms my face
shalom cloaks
the wells within...
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Categories:
faith, health, sea, seasons
Form:
Tanka
Lights of Night
Shining bright
above the night,
stars do twinkle
with such delight....
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Categories:
happiness,
Form:
Tanka
Haiku About Bats
tiny black shriekers
swarmed the evening sky above
cordoned the estate...
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Categories:
animals, nature,
Form:
Tanka