Issue 5 – June 2026 – Tanka Page 7



for a second
the mating pigeon's eye
meets mine
as if mocking me
for being alone

Nitu Yumnam. UAE

a coyote
crosses the road
on my night stroll
I worry between his prey
and him going hungry

Biswajit Mishra, Canada

open water swimming
Mermaid's Tresses in Carrick Roads
slide past:
   a feast
   of touch

Timothy Collinson, UK

she sits on a ledge
by the Fountain of Angels
counting change 
from a stranger for breakfast--
sparrows chatter in the spruce 

Marion Alice Poirier, USA

winter plumage 
gray toned transients 
meld 
into the 
street scene

Jerome Berglund, USA 

I was your prize
and you were mine
like trinkets won
at a summer fair
never to be misplaced

Mark Gilbert, UK




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