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New York Tanka Poems

These New York Tanka poems are examples of poetry about New York Tanka. These are the best examples of Tanka New York poems written by international poets.


Premium Member Moving Canvas

hot, crowded platform
repulsive subway station
rush of rank damp air 
screeching heralds arrival
beast covered in urban art
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Categories: dark, imagery, new york,



Tanka New York City

Trees start to blossom 
Rising from the city streets
New York battles on 
Thousands of eyes look upward
Joy in the metropolis
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Categories: spring, tree, urban,

Grand Central

Grand Central 
At four in the afternoon
On the platform 
Awaiting your arrival,
A cold shiver passes through me.


        
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Categories: memory, new york,

Legend of New York

Legend of New York
Always unattainable
Always seductive
Where sirens will always sing
Where bright lights memories bring
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Categories: city, new york,

Biking

ride my bike in the chill
around the Titanic decks. . .
hope to ride till we dock
sun glints off binoculars
pedal faster to new york
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Categories: allegory, night,



Lament For the Dead

Lament for the Dead

buried deep beneath
Twin Towers’ bloodstained rubbles
my murdered loved one

a heartbroken heaven wept 
trapping joy in a time warp…




In memory of Alva Sanchez
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Categories: bereavement, death of a

The Deep Depression

The Deep Depression 
                     
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Categories: death, depression,

Premium Member Buried Cries

heard beneath rubble
cries from a buried woman
so many were lost
when the Twin Towers tumbled
foggy haze fell on New York

rescuers, heroes
many joined in the effort
indestructible --
the
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Categories: death, history,

New York From the Above

Tearful scared face sobs
Implosion of mute whispers
Two reflection pools
Host ghostly towers of light
I see my kids bring flowers...

for Carolyn Devonshire's Contest " Remembering 9/11"
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Categories: inspirational, loss, sad,

Lotte Lehmann

Lotte Lehmann  (Sentanka)

Charlotte Lehmann
Die große Opernsängerin
Sie schrieb und filmte

Ihr Ruhm bleibt unvergessen
Und bot den Nazis die Stirn



Charlotte Lehmann
The great opera singer
She wrote and filmed

Her
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Categories: people


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