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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