Issue 3 - December 2025 - Tanka page 12

each day

he gathers words

to share—

the river rushes

crashing over the falls

Marilyn Humbert, Australia

a white rose

quietly fills the dawn

opening petal by petal

to hold the light

its been given

Dru Philippou, USA

wind gusts

whip branches

clean of leaves —

the lightness

of letting go

AJ Johnson, USA

quiet noon

in the bucket’s water

one leaf drifts

I lift it out

without thinking

Nalini Shetty, India

dawn

following the curve of a branch

with my eye

waiting for the shadows

to turn into song

A A Marcoff, USA

featureless horizon

and a blanket

of cloud

nothing

to

aim

for

t

u

n

d

r

a

Mark Gilbert, UK

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