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Stars Tanka Poems

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

Sulking By The Shore

Silently sulking
By lake's soothing sounding waves.
Singing beneath stars.
Imagining sinking down:
How sad it would be to drown.

Categories: depression, mental health, mental

Love on a Starry Night

starry sky above....
the ‘night queen’ perfumes the air 
as your arms wrap me~	
your warm breath falls on my neck.
wingless I fly like a bird

Categories: bird, flower, stars,

When the Stars Looked My Way

rain fell with riddles
chalk dust tumbled from my hands
I loved the schoolyard —
learned questions I had not asked—
left un-quenched thirst in my mouth

seashell in my

Categories: age, angst, anxiety, life,

Living Analogue Invisible in Parallel

on parallel shore
I wander where waves caress
no footprints online
only brine, rock, and seabirds
to echo that I'm present

screens flare like lures do
hooking the curious in—
I keep

Categories: computer, internet,

Embers Gleam in your Eyes

campfire flames flare bright
licking high into the night
fingers seek mirrors
to show the utmost delight
the fire wants to share tonight

your eyes catch that glow—
reflecting in afterglow
like

Categories: fire, love,

A Shadow Shows and Tells

Before suns were born
I lay in void of darkness
worlds slept in my veil
then light fired from a word's mouth
I was driven to the edge

now I

Categories: dark, solitude,

BALLET OF WORDS

BALLET OF WORDS
Thoughts pirouette light,
twirl on the blank screen of night,
a ballet of words.
Ink swirls with a dancer's grace,
a grand jeté through the stars.

Ink flows

Categories: 12th grade, dance, poetry,

Nebulous Horizon


Mist swallows the edge~
sky and sea blur into one,
no clear path in sight.
Yet I walk where light once fell,
trusting stars behind the haze.

Categories: sea, sky,

Summer Reflections

through my long-stemmed glass
red & white stripes, blue with stars
merlot reflection
muted-purple silhouette
prolonged sips, flag pole on porch

Categories: drink, patriotic,

Romantic Love

refresh and fresh fruits
summer breeze after sunset
lovers summer nights
bright neat so blue stars up there
overhearty love is here

Categories: romantic love,

Love Slave

Lovely slave of God
Smile radiant like the sun.
Please feel my own bod,
As we embrace after fun.
Show me love as bright as stars.

Categories: crush,

Black Hole

  Ordinary star
  undergoes explosion 
  exhausting itn fuel.
  Massive star meets implosion :
  Its final destination.

Categories: stars,

Providence

Can you count the stars,
Or the sea shore's grains of sand?
Can you measure love,
Or the innate worth of man?
God above can, and He has.

Categories: christian, god, religion, religious,

sunlight whispers

sunlight whispers
hope for the dark sky
hot as hell
for my black umbrella
but still lightens my path

Categories: dark, hope, light, moon,

seven spirits of stars


...when thorns ruffled my rose
and sunflowers stole the light 
my intuition searched 
those seven spirits of faith ~ 
once lulled by whispering waves... 

caressed by

Categories: deep, destiny, metaphor, poetry,