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)?
A Zombie's Heaviness, But InnocentThrough long whiteout walks,
Up and down the snowy den—
Outdated, Winter
Appears on my masked shoulders—
Know Her mind forever drifts....
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Categories:
blue, cry, innocence, introspection,
Form: Tanka
seasonalsseasons arrested
a sauntering airs freely
a mass of escapes
panoramic difference
relocation picturesque...
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allusion, analogy, autumn, change,
Form: Tanka
Flower CrownAntlers and flowers
All around as my lips frown.
Adorned flower crown,
Never again feeling down,
For I'm the fairy queen now.
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Categories:
fairy, fantasy, magic, nature,
Form: Tanka
A CHILDs CRAYONkisses form flowers
billow, filled in with color
a child’s crayon moves
so much like a seismograph
happiness upon the page
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Categories:
children,
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SpellI see a snail shell,
Which I'll use to cast a spell,
So all shall be well.
To the Universe I tell
A wish for life to be swell....
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Categories:
magic, nature, prayer, religion,
Form: Tanka
Spacing Out To MusicFinally music
Magically settles nerves.
Sounds all the slower.
Feelings slowly overtake
My innermost mind's own core....
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Categories:
music, psychological,
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Higher Than ThouHigh beyond my mind.
High beneath the full moon's light.
Higher than thou's mind.
High because I am the light.
Higher than thou's own ego....
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Categories:
addiction, crazy, drug, spiritual,
Form: Tanka
Walking Through Autumn WindsLeaf flies in the wind,
Seems like a bird's silhouette.
Coldness of autumn
Overtaking my body
As I walk down my own street....
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Categories:
autumn, nature, weather, wind,
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Snow In A Comatose HourglassWinter's time for sand,
To lay down frost— white night dress
Walking on color;
Unconscious insomnia—
Chase warm nightmares all this time.
*It's about sleep-walking*...
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Categories:
angst, introspection, life, nature,
Form: Tanka
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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Categories:
baby, blessing, child, family,
Form: Tanka
Deconstructed EmotionsThe world is falling
but we fly with poetry;
Soaring through pages;
Deconstructed emotions
spill like tea onto the floor....
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Categories:
emotions, feelings, poetry, writing,
Form: Tanka
Pastel Blue NailsPale pastel blue nails
As blue as translucent sea,
Waves pale as white sails,
Complimentary to toes
Matching my summer beach clothes....
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Categories:
beauty,
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SingularityWhen one has found God,
One finally acknowledges
Source of origin:
Cosmic singularity,
True origin of our souls....
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Categories:
god, life, philosophy, religion,
Form: Tanka
Fox
A fox in the mist
crossed my road driving uphill
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Categories:
allegory, allusion, animal, appreciation,
Form: Tanka
RevivedMy karma was paid,
On that very night, someone
Had saved my own life,
Once and for all, for a change,
I was deemed worthy of life....
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Categories:
death, destiny, fate, god,
Form: Tanka
Specific Types of Tanka Poems
Read wonderful tanka poetry on the following sub-topics:
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?