Summer Tanka Poems
These Summer Tanka poems are examples of Tanka poems about Summer. These are the best examples of Tanka Summer poems written by international poets.
STORM
Somber summer storm
Teases dark clouds with lightning
Orthodox at first-
Reforms with loud thunder booms
Morphing war midst armored skies
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sky, storm, war,
BUNNY - POTD
Bunny very cute
Under a big bush sleeping
Now she is awake
No one knows you are my pet
You and I friends forever...
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animal, cute, fun, giggle,
PeachPlump, firm, and juicy -
Enticing summer delight,
Achingly luscious,
Captured from your soft tree swing,
Hacked up and baked in a pie.
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fruit, summer,
An Edenic RiseBluebells are a symbol of humility, gratitude and constancy
A perfect day is not lackluster, nor lusting for more, but
rather knowing the plenitude in each sentient...
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morning,
Lament For SummerThe summer solstice
in years past so much welcomed...
now there's foreboding:
soaring temps, wildfires, drought...
idyllic days are numbered....
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angst, nature,
SunriseA morning sunrise...
multicolored flowers stretch
welcoming the light,
radiating redolence...
Summer's attar and essence....
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appreciation, summer, sunshine,
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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memory,
A Set Of Flowering TankasTidal connection,
wild flowers woo a Clownfish;
Anemone bond,
give in give up a little;
Flourish and flow together.
Seeds of ambrosia,
birds fight over leftovers;
Mammals with munchies
pass around shareable plates;
It’s...
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emotions, feelings, flower, nature,
Let's TangoFragrance night, spicy
Breeze tangoes near tomorrow
to green world stage raves
Howling blues stir lilac dark
Starlight, whistling in the park
Clouds keep on drifting
in times of vanishing moon
It's...
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beauty, dance, flower, nature,
Nice Girlthree nice things she loves
reading books, the summer-spring,
ponds lakes rivers seas
my beloved poetess
lovely amazing cool girl!...
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romantic love,
Red Flowers From My LoveSummertime lover
I'm waiting at the station;
Strawberry evening!
Anticipation heartbeat,
like rainbow glimpsed from a street.
Dusky moments fly
like dense willows in wild wind,
in the moss green spring.
Then a...
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flower, nature, red, romance,
Roses in GoldRoses in gold sheen
glinting fire at hot June noon
Sun washed garden blooms
Sparkling city paved in gold
in scents of summer so old
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beauty, city, nature, rose,
seasonalsseasons arrested
a sauntering airs freely
a mass of escapes
panoramic difference
relocation picturesque...
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allusion, analogy, autumn, change,
Pastel Blue NailsPale pastel blue nails
As blue as translucent sea,
Waves pale as white sails,
Complimentary to toes
Matching my summer beach clothes....
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beauty,
Silent Angel of Light WoodAn angel of wood
Facing his summer garden
Of flowers and birds
Which he grew from his own mouth
Without a mind to observe
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Categories:
angel, bird, flower, garden,