Issue 5 – June 2026 – Tanka Page 5
under the weight of war
a baby’s laughter rises
on a cloudy day
the sunflowers still follow
the path of the sun
Fatma Zohra Habis, Algeria
that day
in the woods
carved
in my mind
so long ago
Jon Hare, USA
talipot palm
millions of blossoms
but once a lifetime
this moment
might be that moment
Dennis Owen Frohlich, USA
have a child
and plant a tree
I did—then what?
the tree must now
be blooming
Emil Karla, France
the bare cottonwood,
twisted and tangled, rises
from a dry creekbed,
brown, heart-shaped leaves litter
this all too familiar path
Jim Chessing, USA
visiting hospital
with a bunch of violets
all shades of purple
the deepening bruise
beneath your swollen eye
Gavin Austin, Australia
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