Issue 4 - March 2026 - Tanka page 11


smacking the window
a sparrow falls helpless…
the times I stumbled
not knowing if I
could pick myself up

Bonnie J Scherer, USA

too much
or nothing to talk about
we fall
for whichever reason
into the same silence

Ruth Holzer, USA

willow strands
budding in the sunshine —
an old farmer
hums a folk song
weeding his field

David He, China

in her room
tv on mute
she watches
the slow trickle
of her memories

Nick T, UK

anonymous
the silent cuckoo
delivers
an Easter present
victimless crime
 
Mark Gilbert, UK

first snow
falling softly
a hush
settles across the woods
our footsteps disappear

Jon Hare, USA




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