Issue 6 – September 2026 – Tanka Page 6

the wide-open road

where the forest meets the grass

dame’s rocket blooms—

admiring those who thrive

in the in-between spaces

Dennis Owen Frohlich, USA

morning glories

crowding a fountain—

what a little water

in the desert

can do

Cynthia Anderson, USA

deep forest 

a gust stirs the ferns

then stillness—

for a moment I touch

the light within

Neena Singh, India

late autumn

afternoon sun slants

across stubble

silvering the dry stalks

a farmer’s hollow cheeks

Marilyn Humbert, Australia

seeing my country

through fresh eyes 

driving to 

a church supper

with a migrant friend

Anne Curran, New Zealand

borrowed

from a thrush’s song

the color of dusk—

one lone cedar

darker than the rest

Dru Philippou, USA

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