Issue 6 – September 2026 – Tanka Page 10

a white butterfly

alights on a white flower

if only I could be

such unity of wing & petal

in that wild white echo of a moment

A.A. Marcoff, UK

a vast field

of sunflowers facing

the rising sun

why do i always turn

towards the darkness

Mohua Maulik, India

here in the fog

in a space

of my own

the comings and goings

of the terminal sea

Jim Chessing, USA

assumption: 

at edge of board 

a pawn 

can be traded 

for any piece

Jerome Berglund, USA

gale force

dinner conversation-

the kelp forest

murmuring under 

my chair

Lorraine A Padden, USA

hospital admission

for a procedure

outside the ward window

rows of solar panels

soaking up the sun

Tuyet Van Do, Australia 

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