Stress Tanka Poems
These Stress Tanka poems are examples of Tanka poems about Stress. These are the best examples of Tanka Stress poems written by international poets.
Steal The World
allow me to steal
the world instead of...
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Categories:
angst, anxiety, conflict, life,
Why So Straight, My FriendA straight line, laity,
And crooked one quite weighty,
In topsy-turvy
A poetic metre’s world,
Friend, why be such a straight bird?
And why so long winding
Where...
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Categories:
poetry, world,
December Toils of TravelsHurt of holidays,
December vacation daze
From toils and travails
Of tense, maddening travels,
Remorse on return, mind blasé.
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Tanka |07.12.2022|
Poet’s note: Some social visits this December following deaths...
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Categories:
december, holiday, travel,
InsuranceSaved life, destroyed life.
Can't even save my own life.
Can't keep it all safe.
But can take needed measures
To protect what matters most....
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Categories:
stress,
Narcissistic LoversLovers of themselves
the world revolves around them
at least in their minds
their lovers...I mean victims
dangle from a puppet string...
Inspired by current events....
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Categories:
abuse, sad, stress,
WeightlessMy mind is calm,
flooded with endless moments;
Tasting your float tank
sensory deprivation,
I'm left completely weightless....
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Categories:
emotions, feelings, stress,
Thirst sun spitting fire
hankering to be moistened,
the Earth gapes its mouth
dried up hearts thirst for love’s balm
that evaporates like steam.
Traditional Tanka with the rhyme scheme
5-7-5-7-7
Placed...
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Categories:
drink, pain, stress, water,
Letting Off Steammy eyes stuck inside
the sun reminds me to breathe —
release of pressure
parallel to instant pot
each morning bright with prospects
4/27/2020...
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stress,
The Depression ChamberA room full of need.
Fragments of humanity.
Damaged, seeking, souls,
Looking into the abyss,
Needing help to conquer this....
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Categories:
anxiety, depression, mental illness,
Part Time PoetPart Time Poet
Me a...
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Categories:
12th grade, appreciation, poems,
Tired of the Crowded CityTired of the crowded city
I long for the peace
Of the open country,
Resting on a soft mound of grass
Beside a gentle...
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Categories:
city, stress,
RepentanceI lie awake
while he snores to the saints
...
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Categories:
anxiety, depression, imagery, metaphor,
Slow DownRushing home
Late at night
The cemetery gates
Wide open,
Warning me to slow down.
...
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Categories:
life, society, stress,
Straddling the ThresholdEdging close to brink,
I dare not look back nor blink.
Been here many times
before, but always slipped back,
losing grip in the leg-up.
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21 August 2017...
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Categories:
stress,
Stress LeavesI dip my toes in
The river water is cold
Nice on a hot day
It flows fast over the rocks
Stress leaves with water today
Heidi Sands
8/12/17...
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Categories:
peace, water,