Death Tanka Poems
These Death Tanka poems are examples of Tanka poems about Death. These are the best examples of Tanka Death poems written by international poets.
Of A Confused Nightmare DreamOf A Confused Nightmare Dream
(A Thought Provoking Tanka Trio)
Is sleeping dreamless,
Short-lived life’s resurrection,
Or death’s fantasy?
Can living fake its own death
In confusing nightmare dreams?
I thought I...
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confusion, death, dream, hyperbole,
THE ABSURDITY OF WARRING FOR PEACEEvilly absurd,
Bombing lives doesn’t win peace;
Just wishful power:-
War and peace are antonyms.
You can’t make them synonyms:-
War can not bring peace,
Just collateral damage,
And high death rates:-
Peace...
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allegory, death, life, love,
GNever invited
Lost in the bottle from you
I didn't cause this
You told lies to my landlord
The neighbors warned me of you
...
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addiction, bullying, death, loss,
Her Voice ResonatesHer voice resonates
Strongly in my delighted ear;
My soul smiles -
As if she'd not died years ago
And been shut away in a wall ......
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death, in memoriam, voice,
Etched on Stone
Geologist George
chose inscription to be etched
on stone of...
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fun,
Scratched
making marriage vows
forever they declared
...
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love,
All TalkHawaii fireworks
still deadly and maim for life
like annual debates
Hawaiian language council
argues o'er Kona coffee...
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conflict, death, fate, grief,
Mental PrismEscaped leave parts way
sensed brittle cell bathes
feign light darkens hope
bottled self awashed
price of freedom death...
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anxiety, conflict, death, extended
Eihei Dogen Kigen translations by Michael R BurchThis world?
Moonlit dew
flicked from a crane’s bill.
—Eihei Dogen Kigen translation by Michael R. Burch
Seventy-one?
How long
can a dewdrop last?
—Eihei Dogen Kigen translation of his jisei (death...
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flower, moon, nature, spring,
TankaI stare at the sky
all day long, wondering if
I'll last or be
gone, the ocean tides rise till neck
can't tell apart life and death...
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9th grade, anxiety, confusion,
Birth Of My First Poem
Dad's workshed dusty
cobwebs, cans and jars hold stuff
old tools hang on hooks.
That day I wept my Dad's death
and my first poem was born....
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emotions, feelings, poetry,
Lost Love
Echoing beyond
You said foerever endless
Our song would play on
And now a silence engulfs
A screaming heart unable
...
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death, lost, lost love,
She Wishes She Could DieShe wanted to die,
But they knew it was a lie.
She would always cry
After all of what she'd try
To end all the reasons why....
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angst, cry, death, depression,
How My First Poem Was BornMy daughter’s last breath
my first poem, “Stay,” was born—
a sad mother’s grief,
desperate for a reason
to stay for another day....
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birth, daughter, death, grief,
A Birch Tree's Confidence and The Weeping Willow's LamentA BIRCH TREE'S CONFIDENCE
A young tree stands tall
Rooted to the woodland floor
Thinks itself immune
To all the struggles in store
As ignorant as a child
THE WEEPING WILLOW'S...
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9th grade, death, humanity,