Issue 3 - December 2025 - Tanka page 1


pirouetting
through the golden air
around me
a shower of pine seeds
from the squirrel’s perch

Jenny Ward Angyal, USA

would I choose
to evaporate in a crash
or die
after life-saving measures ...
a bonfire of autumn leaves

Suraja Menon Roychowdhury, USA

late afternoon sun
scatters glitter
through the rain
elm leaves no longer
the only gold falling

Cynthia Bale, Canada

red my favorite
color for salsa dancing
was it the red
that gave me power
or simply my youth

Genie Nakano, USA

hot spring
waters
reddish brown
the sacredness
of my ochre robe

Lakshman Bulusu, USA

no red this year
among orange and yellow
leaves . . .
my father never failed
to be the life of the party

Lynne Schilling, USA


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