Tanka Poems. Examples of Tankas and a list of new poems in the correct poetic form and technique. Share and read short, long, best, and famous Tanka poetry while accessing rules, format, types, and a comprehensive literary definition of a Tanka.
A tanka is a form of Japanese poem consisting of five lines, the first and third composed of five syllables and the others seven, but there is more to a tanka. What is tanka in poetry (complete definition)?
Heads Downtympanic laughter
of spinal decompression
a coupled release
entering the late night room
oxygen rushing headlong...
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Categories:
funny,
Form: Tanka
SeniorSitting all alone,
sipping tea, munching a scone;
elderly woman
in a quiet coffeehouse
looking for conversation.
"That was delicious",
she says to the young server
seemingly busy.
She tries to make eye contact;
the young one averts her gaze.
It's like that most days...
staring...
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Categories:
loneliness,
Form: Tanka
MoonIt truly matters
not where I roam and ramble;
in the cities and
towns where I widely travel:
the moon is always with me.
Anchor of the sky?
A spherule relocating?
Seemingly shifting,
but nevertheless constant,
its presence always soothing....
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Categories:
moon, nature, perspective,
Form: Tanka
Old Fishing BoatOld battered vessel,
Waves crash but it sails onward,
Seas can't break its will,
With stories in every scar,
Enduring, it braves the storm....
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Categories:
boat,
Form: Tanka
uncontested
Categories:
conflict, deep, introspection,
Form: Tanka
Like Mother, Like DaughterFor worse or better
Just like mother, like daughter.
Same sin committed,
Though one has better chances
Of reclaiming her true love....
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Categories:
love, romance, romantic, romantic
Form: Tanka
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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Categories:
angst, nature,
Form: Tanka
Flag ShipA black cloud circles.
Man's doom is seen in the sky.
The storms at the ports,
Where trade and commerce soon die,
Ships and flags still floating by....
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Categories:
freedom, sky,
Form: Tanka
SunriseA morning sunrise...
multicolored flowers stretch
welcoming the light,
radiating redolence...
Summer's attar and essence....
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Categories:
appreciation, summer, sunshine,
Form: Tanka
Ears Piercedinside of ears pierced
song penetrates dark deeply
lighting up canal
enhancement of oars gliding
through calm waters of Venice
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Categories:
music,
Form: Tanka
blooming daylilyblooming daylily
gold asiatic lily....
hummingbird sips spring
back door opens to garden
hummingbird tries to enter...
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Categories:
nature,
Form: Tanka
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 & vanilla twist
creamsicle in cone
the yield of sweet and tincture
melting on...
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Categories:
memory,
Form: Tanka
She stereotypes all MenHer disappointment
Has outlasted her a lifetime
She now hates all men
Because of one awful man
Stereotyping sadness
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Categories:
men,
Form: Tanka
bonfire hotdogPopping and crackling
Red hot oranges with yellows
Snapping at hot dogs
One falls off of Johnny’s stick
Mama pushes new one on
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Categories:
autumn,
Form: Tanka
danger to toddlerLegos and marbles
Tiny robotic pieces
Danger to toddler
He carries wheel in mouth
Spits it out during bath time
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Categories:
children,
Form: Tanka
Specific Types of Tanka Poems
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