Issue 4 - March 2026 - Tanka page 12

FM radio report

on the declining number

of birds of my homeland...

now I am used to let go

of beautiful things

Tejendra Sherchan, Nepal

in your cooing

dove in the thicket

a longing

for the homeland

we once knew

Fatma Zohra Habis, Algeria

the way trees 

wrap roots around rocks   

just as I’m losing 

staying power

. . . nature whispers

Jenny Fraser, New Zealand

the dust

on the classroom seat

replaces

her laughter...

a one-minute silence

Martina Matijević, Croatia 

winter garden

the silence of a dark small pond

where does it belong,

this world

or the other world?

Eiko Masubuchi, Japan

unable

to pin down

thoughts . . .

above quiet waves

a seagull vanishes

Jenny Polstra, New Zealand

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