Issue 6 – September 2026 – Tanka Page 2


on the sea cliff
thickets of rock rose
flourish undaunted
knuckles bleeding I cling
to hope despite the squall

Farah Ali, UK

between the last wave
of high tide letting go
and longing
of reluctant low tide
quahogs blowholes

Ron Scully, USA

prairie born 
he can't understand 
how the wind in the tall grass
reminds her of home
and the sea 

Debbie Scheving, USA

a whelk
burnt umber whorls
painted
the family beneath
the sold beach house 

Thomas H. Suitt III, USA

deep water swimming
a seal accompanies me
back to shore -
     my only touch
     this month

Timothy Collinson, UK

a scent of seaweed 
wafts through the window
when she wakes 
two empty wine glasses
echoing the night

Marion Alice Poirier, USA




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