Tanka Poems. Examples of Tankas and a list of new poems in the correct poetic form and technique. Share and read short, long, best, and famous Tanka poetry while accessing rules, format, types, and a comprehensive literary definition of a Tanka.
A tanka is a form of Japanese poem consisting of five lines, the first and third composed of five syllables and the others seven, but there is more to a tanka. What is tanka in poetry (complete definition)?
Death of a Cockney RebelYou played Judy Teen,
became our Top of the Pops,
strumming Spanish strings
in that epic bowler hat,
somehow breaking every code.
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Categories:
death, music,
Form: Tanka
Ancestral Wisdom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
old tree, ancient soul
witness to generations
whispers in the wind
roots connect us to the past
guides us towards the future...
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Categories:
tree, wisdom,
Form: Tanka
Cataclysmic AtrophyLook at you, faded;
I hope you get your smile back,
it was so cosmic;
Cataclysmic atrophy
to transform into abyss....
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Categories:
emotions, feelings, inspirational,
Form: Tanka
The dream of one early dawnAt one early dawn,
Like day’s newspaper as if,
A fresh dream was drawn.
The paper filled me with grief,
The dream lifted me though brief.
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Tanka |08.03.2024| dream
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Categories:
dream,
Form: Tanka
Beautiful Dawn, LatelyCool waves and green foam
Zest in crisp morning breezes
Pink clouds float along
Sunrise splash into gold sun
Chill thrills before day's begun.
Yellow-orange zing
A stroll in warmth since the dip
Blooms on green catwalks
Stained skies are fading to blue
Another...
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Categories:
beautiful, color, flower, green,
Form: Tanka
Endless LoveInfinite Loves Pi
Circling souls, forever one,
Decimal twirls, a spiral kiss
Endless loop, hearts entwined
Burning bright, love's endless climb.
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Categories:
love, march, math,
Form: Tanka
Storm DancingI heard that thunder,
that sound of seventy-four,
Bringing the lightening,
With nowhere to run and hide,
Did you feel that purple storm?
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Categories:
storm,
Form: Tanka
Springtime in Moss Bank ParkMinding as we step,
counting crocuses we walk,
taking snowdrop stops,
sharing with the afternoon,
joys of two boys now it's spring....
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Categories:
joy, spring,
Form: Tanka
Cloudy With a Chance of Stories
the tortoise-shaped cloud
as tall as a skyscraper
and a half as wide
floats slowly across blue sky
with no hare-shaped cloud to race
patchy cloudy sky
with shapely stories to tell
hare-brained ideas
and the tortoise will always
slowly and steadily...
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Categories:
fantasy,
Form: Tanka
Milk Flowstook them to the breast
fed them with love…tenderness
joy in triplicate
they won’t remember kindness
so private and personal
with kids of their own
milk flows to their very bones
bare naked to wise
a grown woman’s pure pleasure
and a husband’s jealousy
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Categories:
baby, food, mother,
Form: Tanka
Fears~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
fears take time to change
from spiders to spooks in nooks,
lost love to old age-
empty homes and swatting flies
eating from another’s hand...
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Categories:
fear,
Form: Tanka
So Scented Breezemy lovely two springs
so scented breeze touch my heart
calm my day and mind
in odd mood to write some more
wow what a lovely feeling!...
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Categories:
adventure, allegory, analogy,
Form: Tanka
Nice Girlthree nice things she loves
reading books, the summer-spring,
ponds lakes rivers seas
my beloved poetess
lovely amazing cool girl!...
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Categories:
romantic love,
Form: Tanka
Welcome SpringDaisies unfolding,
Soft whispers of cool breezes,
Slumber is ending,
Honeybees dance in delight,
Spring brings hope and happiness.
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Categories:
beauty, color, encouraging, flower,
Form: Tanka
stir
Categories:
change, deep, life,
Form: Tanka
Specific Types of Tanka Poems
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art, animals, christmas, death, family, flowers, food, friendship, funny, kids, life, love, music, nature, nursery, parents, sadness, school, spring, sports, summer, war, winter
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Definition | What is Tanka in Poetry?