Issue 6 – September 2026 – Tanka Page 12


ocean’s deep floor—
brittle stars, scale worms on                         
a minke carcass
no longer calling or diving
but giving life

Susan Weaver, USA

letting
the frayed ends go
how can I not help wanting      
to be danced 
            by the wind 

Jenny Fraser, New Zealand

silence runs wild
down these empty halls . . .
a tundra swan
gently rotates the last egg
in her cup-shaped nest

Debbie Strange, Canada

new floor
cool beneath my bare feet
I stand still
feeling for the joins
I know are there

C.X. Turner, U.K

daydreamer 
singing at the kitchen sink
plays with bubbles
a child washing dishes 
marries the fork to a spoon

Ingrid Bruck, USA

drawing closer
to the twilight sky
a flock of geese
how does it feel to know
exactly where to go?

Bhawana Rathore, India




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