Issue 3 - December 2025 - Tanka page 3


dusting the dresser
dried rose petals
shrunken each day
no garden visit
replaces them

Richard L. Matta, USA

low tide mudflat
in the harbour
reveals a watercourse;
   I wend my way home
   this evening

Timothy Collinson, UK

summer drought —
what happened
to the river
that used to run
through me

Susan Burch, USA

morning walk
the icy lake withholding
its mirror
how do we share
the light we are given

Cherie Hunter Day, USA

drinking flat whites
in spring sunlight
for a moment
I forget,
you are dying

Jenny Polstra, New Zealand

half and half again
then one third in from left
one third in from right
she’s dead ten years but still
I must fold towels this way

Mary Oishi, USA


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