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Vacation Tanka Poems

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

At the Beach

Waves call out in song,
Sea breeze teases sunlit hair—
Sands of time await.
Flip-flops mark our path to peace,
Horizon holds dreams aloft.

Categories: beach, vacation,

A Fine April Day

A fine April day--
People having so much fun
Resting on the beach.
Instantly a tsunami:
Laughter vanished suddenly.

March 28, 2023. 

Among 2nd Place
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Categories: 5th grade, april, beach,

December Toils of Travels

Hurt of holidays,
December vacation daze
From toils and travails
Of tense, maddening travels,
Remorse on return, mind blasé.
____________________________
Tanka |07.12.2022| 
Poet’s note: Some social visits this December following deaths

Categories: december, holiday, travel,

Child Performers

“recently scenes of early life have stolen into my mind, live breezes blown..”
    Quote by _ Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

Categories: 5th grade, allegory, appreciation,

A Father Buried

A father buried
in the sand; vacation rites.
Waiting for the tide
patiently, always, I think
as I carry his coffin.




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Categories: father, happy, nostalgia, sad,

Rose-Shaped Watermelons

Watermelons as 
Roses bloom, while these peelings; 
Leaves make room for drops 
Within flesh of such redness, 
Dyed with the purest juices.

Categories: food, fruit, sensual, sweet,

Tanka, No Tanka

tanka, no tanka
just syllabification
a lingua franca
a certain formulation
in need of a vacation

hoping sensation
engaged form degradation
brought indignation,
abhorrence, irritation
and requests for cessation

Categories: silly,

Vacation

shadows on water
cottony clouds overhead
peaceful vacation
low hum of conversation
loving couples on the beach

written January 4, 2022

Categories: beach, love, vacation,

The Smokies

blue misty hazes
rolling over pine-clad hills
Great Smoky Mountains,
Be sure to visit Cade’s Cove
Where bears wander in the wild.

written July 6, 2021

Categories: green, mountains, nature, vacation,

Last Day

walking in the sand
rising tide sloshing my feet
vacation over
thoughts of home wave over me
leaving the beach tomorrow

written June 29, 2021

Categories: beach, home, ocean, vacation,

Palawan Hearts

distant horizon
shaded outline attraction
turquoise waters lure
on golden sands abound we
sunshine smiling in our hearts




.

Categories: beach, beautiful, love, people,

Time Pieces

TIME PIECES

grandfather clock
time so easy to take apart
this child
with broken heart
couldn’t piece back together


that moment
she frowned and closed the door
i checked my watch
second hand stopped
gone

Categories: time,

Raft

Pisces vacation...
muscles melting in the sun
waves cradle gently
bodiless, only the now
Mother Ocean rocks her child

Categories: sea,

Summer Vacation

summer's warmth returns
the wet sand between our toes
coconut lotion
children running and playing
our hearts and souls at rest...

Categories: family, seasons,

Day Dream

Summer days take me away
To another place I would rather be
Quietly  peaceful on the beach
 rocks and cool breeze on my feet
listen to sea

Categories: fantasy