Issue 6 – September 2026 – Tanka Page 9
the distant blue dot
on the far side of the valley
slowly sinks
and slowly rises
and finally says, 'Good afternoon!'
Howard Colyer, UK
half-sleep, half-wake
in the predawn darkness
if I can see you
I'll follow where you vanish
into the afterlife
Chen-ou Liu, Canada
dawn
in an old town
the harmony
of the muezzin's call
and the temple bell
Srini, India
lovers holding hands
at her bedside just before
surgery that takes hours
was it enough beforehand
was it enough forever
Thomas Smith, USA
the kind of beauty
I saw in a childhood dream
that beauty is right here now
a honeybee
wild as a wind of gold
A.A. Marcoff, UK
complete silence
of the vineyard
ripening
never allows anyone
to enter it
Eiko Masubuchi, Japan
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