Issue 4 - March 2026 - Tanka page 1


in a forest
full of fallen leaves
in fiery tones
an empty chair 
by a little lake

Pegah Rahmati Nezhad, Iran

the unique shapes
of freshwater pearls
threaded on string
by my blue-eyed waterman
a bead for each year married

Marilyn Humbert, Australia

hankering for spring
i sort through
seed catalogs
for psychedelic
perennials

Pamela A. Babusci, USA 

ripening
a half-grown fruit
all too soon —
this green side of me
struggling to sweeten

Vaishnavi Ramaswamy, India 

fox prints in the garden…
once, twice
maybe three times
I thought I saw
a flash of red

Edward Dewar, Canada 

the dog’s
glaucoma gaze 
glossing over 
a final goodbye 
one sad April

Anna Cates, USA



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