Relationship Tanka Poems | Examples

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


Premium MemberSalty Brine of Turning Tide

torrents of tears flowed
when he saw a sea dragon
beached dehydrated
for he knows that it like him
could only shed tears on land

the tears were salty
welling from bag of sea brine
in the ocean's blood
he harbored in his body
as fluid to bathe his cells

he needed to cry
but till now tears would not spill
weeping on ebb tide
to wash moribund eyes clean
and inhale with a fresh breath

he fights the current
gripping on to refusals
yet the water wins
the dragon prowls in the foam
its searing breath flares fear

one tear another
fell soft on scalded shadow
fell on dragon's eyes
sending the sand grit flying
washing the stall clean of grime

fear sinks in the tide
form of the trial changes
relief opens gate
as ocean consumes his past
dragon wings have unfolded

tears were the pivot
to beat the challenge
breaking resistance
setting sails on favored wind
on the course past the dragon


Premium Membercheat on the sweet

           sometimes lovers meet
        kiss and share a bite to eat
           one desires sweetmeat
         not dessert  an extra treat
           to savour another’s teat

Premium MemberIN AND OF CREATION'S RESPONSIBILITY



IN AND OF CREATION’S RESPONSIBILITY
(A Tanka 3 For The 6 and 7 days Given You & Me)

God simply whispered,
“...Be light…”! And here we all are:
All engaged in war!
A world created in love:
Peacefully, worded from up above:-

Why can’t we not see,
A world given you and me,
For all to live free?
Satin’s only role for us;
The awareness of disgust:-

War, Satin’s disgust:
The self-destruction of us;
Waring dawn to dust:-
This evil must now cease;
Praising God in loving peace!

Premium MemberWhite Smoke Pokes The Pope

I know my partner
well and nigh, do tell a lie
for he stop smoking ~
but the loo has a chimney
that puffs white smoke, pokes the Pope

Premium MemberSmall And Slow

Start off small and slow.
Just never make me so low.
Look forward again
To when you will make me glow.
Please accept the love I show.


Premium MemberCrinkle Crankle Walls

 stability 
 is not obtained by
 straightforward solutions ~
 compromise, twists and turns
 bypass obstacles

Premium Membersun shower

sun shower
nature's row
mirrors my mind
while thinking of you
cruel, beautiful you
© Jim Healey  Create an image from this poem.

Premium Memberretribution reveille

justice casts a shadow
telling the time on a sundial
echoing retribution
to come when power play
shifts to reverse

Premium MemberFinding Quiet

One quiet hour
that's all He asks me to do
meditating once a day
contemplating Bible scenes
praying for wisdom

Premium MemberElderside Or Youth Beware

Rusty appliance
sit smile sleep slighted succumb
dead end offspring
foreign cultures revere us
disposable waste

Premium MemberNew Year, New Life

It is a new year
And I am still here waiting.
The future is clear,
For very soon I can choose
Living alongside you, dear.

Premium MemberLesson Learned

Sidewalk spring rain steps
years of tetter-totter angst
Main St. love apocalypse
Relationship on the rocks
Haystack needle search weary

Premium MemberYet To Evolve

He tried to be good,
Equally to everyone. 
“How foolish he is!”,
The comment came in return.			
Has man evolved fully yet?   


A BRIAN STRAND TANKA Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Brian Strand |
Date: 18-02-2022

Premium MemberAngry Words

she is caught off guard
anger rears out of her heart
snake like words come forth
he jumps back as if bitten
relationship dismal now

Premium MemberEvan, Griffin and Max

A daddo's desire
memories of your childhoods
my gleam of fatherhood
I "Prophet" your lives alone
Our times Together

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