Issue 4 - March 2026 - Tanka page 4


I greet myself
as if for the first time
a blade of grass
and its trembling shadow
new to the world's touch

Dru Philippou, USA

to be water
and carve ravines
through stone cliffs ...
why then, my regret
at our slow erosion

Suraja Menon Roychowdhury, USA

in a vase of spring flowers
one stem cannot reach water
it withers
while the others
blossom

Farah Ali, UK

first date
considering a kiss
on the park bench
the medical student
checks her pulse

David Oates, USA

bedside table
the space you filled
still warm
I trace the air
as if touching you

Nitu Yumnam, UAE



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