Tanka Society of America

Finding a room of "one's own:" tiny crevices on the concrete road the small chances with which I blossom like a wildflower🌺 Jackie Chou tinyurl.com/2n6awccu #wildflower #blossom #life #tanka #poetry #micrometry #poem

no point embroidering rosebuds that never bloom… my feet too wide for Cinderella’s shoes Michelle Brock Ribbons Fall/Winter 2025 #tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem

I’ve this memory – riding my father’s shoulders into the ocean, the poetry of things before I could speak   Michael McClintock, They Gave Us Life: Celebrating Mothers, Fathers & Others in Haiku #tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem

what do you know of study pressure— the way night devours the sunset glow #TankaThursday

I love you Imodium . . . how many times have you saved me in exotic places   Gerry Jacobson Canberra, Australia Laurels #5 #tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem #humor

@OfTanka the curl of summer sunset in a lily ... her eyes speak the language I'm ready to learn tinyurl.com/2mxj7wyp #sunset #lily #language #desire #TankaThursday #tanka #poetry #micrometry #poem

@OfTanka in fading light on the Pacific shore I finger-write my Chinese name in the sand and watch it wash away tinyurl.com/2bmeb3nd #TankaThursday #immigration #identity #tanka #poetry #micrometry #poem

Thankful to Alison Williams for including these in Quail Eggs. #tanka

@TheHaiga being more transparent jellyfish

#completethehaiga 141 #prompt #haiga #haiku #senryu #tanka

Attention WSA Members   Petals Waka Journal 2026 annual ebook   Submissions open 15th March and close 30th April.   Submission guidelines can be found on The Waka Society of America website wakasocietyofamerica.com

@NJBarico That’s good! I like that you go where your muse takes you! I just heard it in my head that way & offered it as a suggestion.

@OfTanka Thanks for the tip. I sometimes try not to focus too much on the established forms/structures, e.g., haiku, tanka, etc., and just let the poetic thought and rhythm and flow tell me how to lay out my words. Yet I do find these forms useful.

#poem she tells her neighbor to please be quiet for the moon and the moonflowers have been talking all night and she really wants to hear it

@OfTanka night walk from drizzle to sleet to snow -- this years-old game of would have, could have, should have with my drunken shadow tinyurl.com/yck5wj2z #TankaThursday #game #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem

#短歌 #tanka #poem beach moonset with the sandbar gone the heron flies to the other side of the world

two walking sticks lean against the trail head sign, so many ways to fall 😘 in love again Tom Clausen bit.ly/3hyrpb3 #love #lovepoem #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem #relationship

the mountain path engulfed in twilight fog this journey back to my younger self 😉 one I miss the most tinyurl.com/38ufdape #fog #journey #youth #self #identity #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem