Loneliness Tanka Poems
These Loneliness Tanka poems are examples of Tanka poems about Loneliness. These are the best examples of Tanka Loneliness poems written by international poets.
Rejection"Nap," written in blue
Resting means I'm a burden
Get no rest at night
To see the depths of my soul
You might just know rejection
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depression, loneliness, mental health,
Written in Response to Pensive Solitude on The Eve of This Night RevisitedAn outcast this night,
I mournfully sigh with gloom:
but, I make war, fight!
to defeat my rising doom,
and defend my haunted tomb.
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depression, loneliness, lonely, longing,
ResemblanceFloating, fluttering playing among the flowers,
A butterfly... I wonder if it's the butterfly or my Fu.
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9th grade, depression, husband,
Kyoto Subway StationMorning, 8 AM.
Kyoto Subway Station.
A single gaijin,
a foreigner surrounded
yet standing out in the crowd.
The train clips along,
slows down, stops, starts up again
repetitively.
Whilst humanity surrounds,
one can...
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Categories:
loneliness, people, places,
SeniorSitting all alone,
sipping tea, munching a scone;
elderly woman
in a quiet coffeehouse
looking for conversation.
"That was delicious",
she says to the young server
seemingly busy.
She tries to make eye...
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loneliness,
In RueThough they were so few,
For rest of life I shall rue.
Remembering just
How I matter less each day,
Life sweeps memories away....
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depression, loneliness, lonely, loss,
Comfort In the GrasslandsMy meadow seeks tress,
A place to hide me from rain,
A place of comfort.
There all my songs shall be heard,
There, all be sung by lovely birds....
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loneliness,
Tomoshibi NeWalking through the night,
darkness everywhere around.
Tomoshibi ne,
Hidden in mist, lights my way.
Lost soul, last night, dark is night...
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anxiety, faith, loneliness, lost,
The Life of a Clandestine RoseSolemn in it's plight
The loneliest rose among
Trees and grass there it
Finds it's own haunting solitude
Rose only knows flower life
Quiet is her...
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loneliness, rose,
Ssendam Dna Raef- a Tanka Poem
I’m HOWLING inside
clawing the dark walls unseen
alone…feeble…scared
do you sometimes sense my fear?
would you save me if you could?
*I wrote this poem on April 5, 2021,...
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anxiety, dark, emo, fear,
Loneliness In ShadowsThe chair is empty
Lone candlelight creator
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loneliness,
Doll On the Concrete StreetA doll’s eyes ripped out
Torn dress and a faded face
Used and forgotten
Trodden into the concrete
Till she is found in the street...
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abuse, allegory, child abuse,
In Winter's Chillthe winter lingers
long without you it has been
long as long can be
calling to you in the night
do you i wonder hear me
AP: Honorable Mention 2022
Submitted...
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Categories:
grief, loneliness, longing, silence,
The Hermitalways about me
certainly no need for we
much better alone
ample anguish to bemoan
no one else here disagrees
though rather subtly
talk with me regularly
nobody to intercede
always stick to...
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Categories:
absence, angst, appreciation, feelings,
In Hopes of What Will BeOnly thing worse than
Hanging by thread, is waiting
To live my own life.
I now know I much rather
Hang onto the words she said....
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Categories:
heartbroken, loneliness, lonely, lost