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.
My First Poem
wrote my first poem
to remember loved ones gone
some were old some young
read at a reunion
the fading of candlelight...
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family, remember, tribute,
Reply to Unannounced
Your pain is shared, Jim;
I go to annoy by car,
not quite on a whim,
to relatives who chatter
‘bout things I'm assured matter.
...
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family, travel,
a scene in their eyesmy kids once called me
the walking problem solver
~ I am the problem
they are to resolve ~ failure
I lose ~ objectives they win...
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appreciation, family, farewell, growing
Dad’s EyesI recall Dad’s eyes;
his glare so stern, so piercing
- no words were needed -
but the message was so clear:
I expect better from you.
In many...
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appreciation, family,
Then and Now
That was then when we
studied using pen...
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Categories:
love,
My New Foster Mom
my new foster mom
stays one step ahead of me
planting seeds of forgiveness;
unlike my step mom
who merely plowed up my heart
...
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11th grade, family, forgiveness,
Odds and Endsbarely adult male
lacking abilities needs
aimless future trials~
driven working family
young man dies by drunk driver...
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allusion, analogy, death, drink,
Smiling Autumn FacesA slight comic gust
as vivid autumn colour
turns laughing dervish
we sense the quasi-winter
prelude to Halloween fare
Back to school urchins
scream with joy to spite...
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autumn, beautiful, beauty, color,
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,
Categories:
adventure, allegory, allusion, blessing,
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 BewareRusty 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 TravelsHurt 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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Categories:
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