Pain Tanka Poems
These Pain Tanka poems are examples of Tanka poems about Pain. These are the best examples of Tanka Pain poems written by international poets.
Torment's PuppetPain stitches the smile
Facade that becomes a mask
Strings hold the pieces
The invisible not seen
But the blood makes it okay...
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dark, depression,
Pleasure and pain in mimeTime there’s I can’t sleep,
Or not want to at odd times,
If I dwell nigh deep,
I’d find that it all well rhymes,
The duo in pantomimes! ...
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friend, pain,
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joy,
Touched By This ElementWater sinks in me,
Helps flush the pain, so yet deep—
Made a heart for storms,
Its mild poise or stagnant play—
Dries in growth— willful, it...
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care, deep, devotion, feelings,
PainBreathing isn't easy
Blanket of tranquility
chest burns with unease....
For those few moments of pain
Silence grants perspective...once...
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absence, cry, silence,
Life and TimesOpening fresh new
A terrific time of life
Struggling pain none
Time of music festive lights
Celebrate musical might...
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life, music,
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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Categories:
anxiety, dark, emo, fear,
An Insomniac's DreamInsomnia is nothing
Of good gain a silent strain
Sleeplessness chronic the pain
A problem, one solution
Sleeplessness resolution...
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Categories:
dream, health, sleep,
The Audacity of FatePut your faith in fate
How can you ever go wrong
Take risks seize the time
The falling rain insane pain
Audacity of the sane...
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Categories:
angst, fate, rain,
Pure Loveperfectly pure love
exists in the minds of youth
sweetest innocents ~
expectation emerges
painful truth tests and confuses...
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confusion, innocence, love, pain,
Raining WithinFrequent the Showers
Feeds the rain deep in one’s heart…
Gone the sunlit smile
Now no rainbow resides here
Just the rhythm of the pain....
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sad love,
ShiftWimper to whisper
Shouts of pain to cries of joy
Summer fading fall
From maybe to absolute
Morning shift a sky blue way
The sun rose bright with
Necessary...
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Categories:
sun, sunshine, time,
Start With - WhyKnowing why...is key
Why provides enlightenment
To things gone awry
Key to fixing what’s broken
Why? A most important word...
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angst, confusion, depression, forgiveness,
Just AugustSummer is ending
hot days filled with outside fun,
our sleeping in late.
August ends our days off ~ done,
back to school we must...
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day, fun, school, sleep,
Just Augustweather in motions,
temptation calls from past flames.
heavier are hearts,
terribly torn from past pain ~
oh, teach us resilience.
07 August 2022
Sponsored by Andrea Dietrich...
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Categories:
feelings, heart, weather,