Category Tanka

Spirea

Enjoying an early morning walk when a white spirea caught my eye.

Some things the hands never forget.

The Tanka Society of America's 2025 Members' Anthology

I’m proud to have this Masaoka Shiki-inspired shasei tanka published in the…

With very few tanka-centered journals out there, I’m honored to have this…

I’m pleased to have a tanka chosen to be included in The…

My heartfelt thanks to Editor Alison Williams for selecting my contemporary tanka,…

Because I enjoy the variety of wonderful poetry regularly featured in Lothlorien…

a promise keptof another sunrisethe sound of a birdI no longer tryto…

knowing youlove the rainevery cloudnow shedsnew meaning Published in the Tanka Society…

I admire humana obscura for its artful blend of diverse poetry and…

cerulean skyas if the day’s beautywere not enougha moonflower shinesin the fragrant…