Mother Tanka Poems | Examples
These Mother Tanka poems are examples of Tanka poems about Mother. These are the best examples of Tanka Mother poems written by international poets.
cold snow clothes the ground
mother nature rules
no human comes here
peace and tranquility reign
I am alone in this land
The clouds are breaking
a prospect from the hilltop
Visions have been starved
Magnificent and awful
Mother earth canceled the deal
My first word, “Mama”
According to my mother.
Next I said, “Papa”
Which almost rhymed, said father.
So my first poem was born
Happy old photo,
Am I, that sweet baby girl?
Pretty my pink dress-
Precious girl in her mom's arms;
Yes, true love in a mom's gaze !
For worse or better
Just like mother, like daughter.
Same sin committed,
Though one has better chances
Of reclaiming her true love.
the gift of flower
baskets Mother remembers
giving to neighbors
and nature's present to me
swallows have returned this day
The ocean is a wild beast that I approach cautiously.
I submit to its undertow. It makes me laugh expansively.
I dive in, never turn my back, never quite relaxing.
It wants to rush at me, my irises on pins and needles.
A wave becomes a wall, tugs sand from my soles.
Joyful duet of wind and surf, salt and coconut oil.
I’d run from your potent power, when you’re enraged.
But I feel coddled, serene in your sweet rock’n lullaby.
pay attention, don’t be flippant.
hurricane fool’s gold
color of its eye’s smart
furious body
with draconic scales that chew
up a crew, its sails with ship
bodies buried, some scoundrels survive.
allows for great whites
to float under the riff raff
afloat for seconds
humorous gaff of the sea
its tenderized meat
hidden away in God’s shadow, a treasure.
sweet rock’n lull’by
for one who respects elders
Moses’ mother prays
as zephyr-salt, warm blue skies
gently guide love back to shore
took them to the breast
fed them with love…tenderness
joy in triplicate
they won’t remember kindness
so private and personal
with kids of their own
milk flows to their very bones
bare naked to wise
a grown woman’s pure pleasure
and a husband’s jealousy
In the freezing night
In the cold world of mankind
In Mary’s warm arms
Laid burning love wrapped in flesh
An incinerating light
How lovely it is,
Birthing child on Mother's Day.
An example of
Someone who has made her way
To fulfilling motherhood.
Frolick through flowers
For hours; here lies nature’s door.
Heavens manifest
Upon lovely Mother Earth.
Joy found in falling petals.
Bits of what we had
Became unstrung, life then spun
Out of my control.
Then saw goodness of your soul...
Sadly cannot find them all.
When I'm deepest green
beneath clear blue skies and seas
cascades of flowers!
Then bliss hours of my beauty
and my radiant good health.
In blue hours of green
birds sing and there's abundance
planetary dream
I hope soon days are coming
when you listen to your heart.
Planet Earth blue notes
Death from sea to plastic sea
Recycle our lives
Poison penitents we drink
Mother Nature owns last call
Mother Nature’s tears
No way to treat a Lady
Eviction Notice
Home sweet home melodrama
For Rent: Planet Earth-needs work
(Addendum: Humans need not apply.)