Issue 1 - June 2025 - Tanka page 1

a gull’s shriek
carries me elsewhere . . .
images
of unborn children splashing
at the edges of my mind

Debbie Strange, Canada

high in the hills
I sensed you were
with me -
the voice of a waterfall
strongest on still days

Alan Peat, UK

this is
where I learned
to sing
like water
over river stones

A A Marcoff, UK

harkening
to windsong and waves
the sailboat
my father finally finished
in a bottle on his desk

Michele L. Harvey, USA

we lived by the sea
in a summer of love
lost in dreams
of castles in the sand . . .
waves whispering till dawn

Marion Poirier, USA

now and then
a stronger gust of wind
rattles a memory
from the cracked timbers
of this weary homestead

Julie Thorndyke, Australia