Life Tanka Poems | Examples

These Life Tanka poems are examples of Tanka poems about Life. These are the best examples of Tanka Life poems written by international poets.


Premium MemberSPROUTING LIFE

SPROUTING LIFE   

Growth is challenging…
Germinating life struggles…
Sprouting life has its pain…
God always has pain’s healing…
In faith, live a sprouting life…


Premium MemberA LIFE AND DEATH PERSPECTIVE

A LIFE AND DEATH PERSPECTIVE 

Living and dying,
Should not be deemed as surreal;
They are both so real:-
The crucifixion was real;
Likewise, was the ascension:-

Living and dying;
Physical realities,
Canvassing the soul:-
The soul sowing the spirit:
Is not Christ still here with us?

Never fret dying,
And being retired from life;
Spiritual pension waits:-
With washed feet of love’s labors,
Live and die in God’s glory:-

Premium MemberIN AND OF MISSING BELOVED FRIENDS

IN AND OF MISSING BELOVED FRIENDS

Need no more troubles,
Stop following Satan’s way;
Be in that of God’s:-
Don’t you miss God’s peace and love?
They didn’t leave you; you left them:-

Premium MemberIN FORGIVENESS AWARENESS

IN FORGIVENESS AWARENESS

Wow! I slipped and fell!
A wrong decision was made:-
Sad tears flowed for days.
Agony tormented me:
Dear God forgave my mistake.

Premium MemberWHEN IN AND OF UNWARENESS

WHEN IN AND OF UNWARENESS  

Rushed, peace slipped and fell;
Love knelt and pulled peace back up:-
God is always there:
Fall down in unawareness,
Seek, knock, and ask God for help:-


Premium MemberFATHER TO ELDER SON: ONCE MORE AGAIN

FATHER TO ELDER SON: ONCE MORE AGAIN   

I am your father;
Let me not be a bother,
Nor your enemy:
Please come and visit with me;
My time here will soon not be:-

The compass of God,
Has never led one astray;
Satan’s does—each day:-
Be in God’s navigation;
And love’s resurrection:- 

Have mercy on me,
And forgive me for my sins 
Against God and thee:- 
Love you more than you can know; 
Forgive me before I go:-

Forgiveness of me
Is not about forgetting;
It’s about mercy:
For the pain you’ve given me, 
God knows, I’ve forgiven thee. 

I’ll die loving you,
I have lived life loving you:
God guiding me on:-
And as death takes me further,
Pray tell, greets from your brother:-

Premium MemberLIFE IS ABOUT TODAY, NOT TOMORROW: BE AWARE

LIFE IS ABOUT TODAY , NOT TOMORROW: BE AWARE 

Each day has its trials.
Today, shouldn’t be different;
Just give it to God:-
All days are given by God;
And He will guide you through them:

There’s crucifixion;
There’s also resurrection;
And there’s ascension:
All canvassing days given:-

In living each day,
In God’s healing grace,
Give Him the praises:
Parallel in peace and love,
Perpendicular in life:-

Each day we are given, 
Just seek God’s navigation:
Jesus will guide you:-
A tomorrow may not come;
End each day in thanksgiving:

Premium MemberDAWNED AND PERPENDICULAR

DAWNED AND PERPENDICULAR   

Another day dawned:
Sun and I, paralleled and
and perpendicular:-
To others who are likewise,
Let us give God the praises:-

Premium MemberPONDERING THOUGHTS ON GOD'S WORDS WAITING TO BE LIVED

PONDERING THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORDS  
WAITING TO BE LIVED

Is it not gospel,
That we are all of one race?!
Yet, there’s racism! 
It’s one thing to know the truth;
It’s another to live it:-

God still speaks to us;
But we still do not listen:
To busy hating:-
Belief is one thing;
Practicing it, another:-

We need to live love!
Mercy, mercy, mercy Lord,
Still navigate us:
Sowing and reaping fruitful 
Lives of onderful onement:-

Premium MemberA LEAFY ALLEGORICAL MESSAGE

A LEAFY ALLEGORICAL MESSAGE

What a great season!
Leaves shall soon be leaving me,
Naked and challenged:-
But I will not be ashamed:
Canvassing life's endurance:-
Our allegory,
Teaches profound barked lessons
Of life's survival:
Despite cold tribulations,
Releaving warm leaves will come:-

Premium MemberTHOSE ETERNAL CLOUDS

THOSE ETERNAL CLOUDS   

Clouds are never dry—
When their water breaks,
It’s the birth of rain: 
Godly tears aren’t cotton balls; 
They are wet nourishing births:-

Aborting Satan,
Often seeks miscarriages 
Of God’s birthing tears—
But after such storming tries, 
Bright clouds polka dot the sky:-  

Clouds aren’t cotton balls.
They are wet bales of God’s love—
And the pregnant sky:
Try imagining a sky, 
That’s not pregnant with God’s clouds:-

Premium MemberOF DIVINE WILL AND TESTIMONY: Apropos Of Me And My Queen


OF DIVINE WILL AND TESTIMONY: Apropos Of Me And My Queen

We’re moving onward,
84 and 82
Praise God for time together;
Nourishing one another:-

In our love’s oneness,
We have lived in its onement;
Bound onederfully:
Glory to togetherness;
Living our God’s unity:-

Though life is waning,
To God, we’re not complaining;
Our love still waxing:
Ready for who may go first—
Going together—we thirst:-

Happy as can be,
My beautiful Queen and me:
Living supremely:
Praise God for deliverance,
Divine wisdom, and guidance:-

Premium MemberThe Ruby Palace

in her humble home
a mirror reminds her life
does not tarry long
once she was beautifully 
young now old and aged wiser

regret does not stay
as she wanders a new path
she will not find peace
amongst winter wildflowers~
at last crossing the threshold

the ruby palace
is cloaked by starry cosmos 
found by those who dream

Premium MemberArctic

winter is home now
my mind the place I wander
ruby red regret
embarrassing memories
glaring back from the mirror
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Premium MemberTODAY'S POLITICAL BIRTH CONTROL

TODAY’S POLITICAL BIRTH CONTROL

They aborted love,
Defertilizing justice:
Birthing injustice:-
Oppression pregnant again:
Democracy miscarried:-

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