Category Archives: lyrical poetry

Daily Haiku Special – June 5, 2023: Debbie Strange

Posted on June 4, 2023 by Charlotte Digregorio

dead orchard the random blue sparks of woolly aphids Third Place Irish Haiku Society International Haiku Competition, 2018   prairie thunder I braid my sister’s hair with corn silk Highly Commended New Zealand Poetry Society International Poetry Competition, 2019     … Continue reading →

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Tanka by Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton

Posted on May 9, 2023 by Charlotte Digregorio

light insists on itself this spring – I put away fear, feel the strength in branches by Marilyn Shoemaker Hazelton (USA), Editor red lights, Vol. 13, No. 2, June 2017

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Tanka by Maxianne Berger

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

heavy rain turns the chrysanthemums inside-out for supper this evening my ex and his husband       by Maxianne Berger (Canada) Gusts, No. 13, Spring/Summer 2011

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Tanka: an’ya (USA)

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

These three tanka are reprinted with permission from an’ya’s  book, “Tanka Tree Rings,” published in 2014.   she’s not far away whenever I can hear my wind chime . . . it blows in the same breeze that tangles her … Continue reading →

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Tanka from Canada

Posted on June 19, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

little sister’s yellowed letters . . . your sweet innocence stolen by the years     by Marje Dyck (Canada) Haiku Canada Review, Vol. 15, No. 2, October 2021  

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Special: Tanka by an’ya

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

come to me if only on these nights of dreaming for without you will be no chapters and verses by an’ya (USA) Winner BHS Haiku Awards (Tanka Section), 2021   unattended among toxic weeds in a boneyard only forgotten souls— … Continue reading →

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3 Tanka: June 16, 2022

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

parked in the driveway a melancholy trumpet solo on the radio now with the wipers off the windshield fills with rain by Michael Ketchek (USA) red lights, Vol. 18, No. 1, January 2022 one of those days nothing goes right something invisible won’t … Continue reading →

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3 Tanka: June 15, 2022

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

sudden chill a dragonfly skip jives with its reflection . . . when did you stop finding us amazing by Marion Clarke (Northern Ireland) Honorable Mention, Sanford Goldstein Competition 2019 Tanka Society of America     family photo: my father’s … Continue reading →

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3 Tanka: June 14, 2022

Posted on June 14, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

sunrise services a flock of white ibis rise together our morning prayer over the marshes by Antoinette Libro (USA) red lights,  June 2019      this tiny shell tumbled by tides  and bleached by the sun . . .  the way some … Continue reading →

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3 Tanka: June 13, 2022

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Charlotte Digregorio

one last promise knit two together wrap and turn yarn flies through my fingers my skein is near the end by Lenore English (USA) Ribbons, The Tanka Studio, Vol. 18, No. 1, Winter 2022       “smile”         … Continue reading →

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