School Tanka Poems
These School Tanka poems are examples of Tanka poems about School. These are the best examples of Tanka School poems written by international poets.
DESPAIR NOT
DESPAIR NOT
Root not in despair,
be in the reaping of God’s
fruits of healing grace:
Glorified in your progress,
continue plowing onward:-
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Categories:
cheer up, confidence, encouraging,
The Unseen Bloom
Like a lone flower
in the silence of still air—
a graceful young girl,
modest in her quiet glow,
unseen by the insecure.
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Categories:
school, strength,
BECOMING THE YOU TO BE
Growth is not instant,
Becoming is a process;
Ripening takes time.
Instantly, give God the praise
And thanksgiving, for the time:-
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Categories:
allegory, character, childhood, encouraging,
MESSENGERS IN A VASE
Beautiful flowers
in a vase, reflecting love,
light up life with joy:-
Nature, giving life to life,
messaging human nature:-
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allegory, flower, high school,
NATURE'S BIRTHING RAIN
NATURE’S BIRTHING RAIN
Beautiful spring rain,
quenching the womb of the earth
with birthing waters;
sunshine waters of new life,
reflecting God-sent purpose.
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Categories:
high school, imagery, middle
DOVED
A bird flew over me,
leaving a feather falling,
landing on my head:
Oh, it had to be a dove,
I’ve never felt so peaceful:-
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Categories:
allegory, analogy, bird, imagery,
HIM
Annunciated,
Germinated, seed of God;
Blooming in heaven:
Scenting the foul air of earth
With his divine peace and love:-
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Categories:
allegory, extended metaphor, high
APROPOS OF GOD'S COMPASS: A TANKA TRIO
Be as the sun,
And doubt not the Son of God;
Your guiding compass:-
Divine guidance is your gift;
Praise God for each day’s dawning:-
After sleep, you wake,
There’s sunset
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allegory, analogy, extended metaphor,
Roshidere
Silver-haired princess
Masks her heart with icy glares
Russian secrets bloom
Whispered words like snowflakes fall
Melting on his unhearing ears
Classroom desk neighbors
She scolds his sleepy slouching
Yet yearns for
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Categories:
high school,
WATER AND LOVE: A TANKA DUO LESSON
Water has its ways,
always disappearing, and
always returning:
Evaporating to leave,
and condensing to return:-
No need to worry,
that which you may feel dissolved,
will always be there:
Like water, supreme
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allegory, analogy, high school,
IN LIFE'S BALL GAME
Don't be a football,
Thrown and kicked down the field
Like rocks of nature;
Rather, be a bouncing ball
Sowing and reaping life's goals
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Categories:
allegory, analogy, basketball, football,
A STILLED POND
A STILLED POND
Once a wet playground,
A ducks' and frogs' Disneyland!
Now quiet and stilled:-
Winter is no friend to ponds;
freezing out their livelihoods:-
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imagery, metaphor, middle school,
End of Haviland
end of Haviland
stilled kickstands & spokes of Schwinn
our teen shapely thighs
after school books are returned
and mind wanders down the road
chill in Summer heat
orange &
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Categories:
memory,
Smiling Autumn Faces
A slight comic gust
as vivid autumn colour
turns laughing dervish
we sense the quasi-winter
prelude to Halloween fare
Back to school urchins
scream with joy to spite
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Categories:
autumn, beautiful, beauty, color,
Autumn Reverie 2
High school football game
cheerleaders tossed night sky chill
rhythmic beat of drums
alumni and students roar
October's homecoming queen
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Categories:
6th grade, 7th grade,