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.
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 beware
Rusty 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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december, family, happy, home,
December toils of travels
Hurt 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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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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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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care, celebration, character, child,
Childhood Nostalgia
Once when just a boy
we went out picking berries,
I was perhaps three;
me, my mom, and two sisters
all the family I knew.
I recall when mom
taught me...
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Categories:
adventure, childhood, emotions, feelings,
CHILDHOOD GEMS
Sunday home bonding
festive midst fellowship bliss
dining as one team
over Dad and Mom’s menu
from luncheon to supper time…
Missing such moments
we still huddle together
though sometimes virtual…
siblings bound...
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Categories:
appreciation, blessing, childhood, christian,
Childhood Memoriesadventurous days
running through wildflower fields
carefree memories
of playing with my siblings
birthday parties and skating
first day of grade school
a bit shy to make new friends
riding a school...
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Categories:
childhood, memory,
JUST AUGUSTfamilies frolic
verdant landscapes sandy beach
daylight lingering
crickets chirping cheerfully
summer’s harbinger of change
8/9/2022
Just August Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich...
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Categories:
august, beach, family, fun,
JUST AUGUST
Summer is ending
hot days filled with outside fun,
our sleeping in late.
August ends our days off ~ done,
back to school we must...
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Categories:
day, fun, school, sleep,
Childhood Nostalgia
Magic silver key,
fits into my silver shoes.
I was now set free,
I now owned many sidewalks.
My new skates were a big thrill.
Date Written: 8/4/2022
2 Place
Childhood...
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child, freedom, fun, joy,
Violets Are Blue
Violets in blue
you say they match my two eyes
blue eyes are crying
I wish you were...
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cry, valentines day,
an affair of the heartsay this for Justine
though sweet she often turns mean
Justine wasn't keen
on men who might misuse her
she kept track of where they were
worked the bar and...
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Categories:
betrayal, emotions, future, lost