Issue 6 – September 2026 – Tanka Page 1
summer moonlight
and the heady fragrance
of honeysuckle
each night your body
twines around mine
Farah Ali, UK
crisp notes
of creamy ripe pear
my acid tongue
sweetened
by your salty lips
Bonnie J Scherer, USA
a rose
adorns her hair
petals dripping as she walks
every man
turns his head
Katherine E Winnick,
how many seasons
since I fell into those eyes
the number blurring—
my hair now settled
into a quiet first snow
Nicholas Gentile, USA
in this heat
green leaves shrivel
and droop…
unripened peaches
scattered on the ground
Lynn Edge, USA
in this ugly rock
a strand of quartz—
again I make you
list the reasons why
you love me
Farah Ali, UK
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