Issue 2 - September 2025 - Tanka page 1

grey skies—
the swell of the Ganges
lapping the steps...
a cow's tail fans
the last of a pyre

Vishal Prabhu, India

spider-strung dawn
swags of golden silk
looping in waves
through the arches
of mist-hung leaves

John Hawkhead, UK

warm sunlight...
alphonso mangoes
on our breakfast plate
i taste the hue
of dripping gold

Lakshmi Iyer, India

destiny is the sun rising
on a river
of light
a small cloud of sparrows
becoming a tree

A A Marcoff, UK

along the levee
sunflowers bend in the wind
border patrol lights
sweep past without stopping—
I keep walking toward home

Jaime Rodríguez, USA

hanging down
a broken browning branch
of the amaltas
dead weight crushing
yellow blooms

Mohua Maulik, India

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