Category Archives: tanka

One Man’s Maple Moon: Shimmer Tanka

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Martha Magenta

English Original sometimes a shimmer on the stair a trace of your scent lingers in my memory and fills the air I breathe First published: The Bamboo Hut, Autumn 2016 Chinese Translation (Traditional) 有時候樓梯上的微光 … Continue reading →

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Birdsong Before the Earth Falls Silent: A Collection of Haiku and Tanka

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Martha Magenta

I am pleased to announce the publication of my first book of haiku and tanka, Birdsong Before the Earth Falls Silent: A Collection of Haiku and Tanka Description: A collection of sixty-three avian themed haiku and tanka by … Continue reading →

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Tanka – Incense Dreams

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Martha Magenta

wincing over shingles to the water’s edge i step into the stars Incense Dreams issue 3.1 October 2019 http://chanokeburi.it/incense-dreams-issue-3-1-october-2019/

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Poets Salon – Wild

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Martha Magenta

It’s an honour to see my haiku and tanka featured in Poets Salon with the theme Wild, along with some great poets. incoming tide the eager thrust of a seagull’s wings Ο slow river daffodils nod at a passing … Continue reading →

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Night Run – Tanka Sequence

Posted on July 27, 2019 by Martha Magenta

Night Run street lights fight the darkness a clenched fist of wind slams litter against a wall neon light splinters across my eyes like sun stabbing through shattered glass adrenalin flows through me like wildfire eyes … Continue reading →

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Tanka – Frameless Sky Issue 10

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Martha Magenta

cold castle crypt— even the moon can’t reach the depths of my guilt and sorrow the passionate cry of a stag awakens the forest . . . parts of me forever wild vampire moon cloaked in clouds … Continue reading →

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World Tanka Contest 2019

Posted on July 15, 2019 by Martha Magenta

falling in love under the stars elderberry clusters hang heavy with juice A love theme The 2019 World Tanka Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention http://lyricalpassionpoetry.yolasite.com/2019-world-tanka-contest-closed.php?fbclid=IwAR2Zp090J2xWe1BzwAP9EvNNq_V_POMmAbBq1xNQdweZG-gn9wesygTfXpw

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Tanka – Eucalypt

Posted on July 13, 2019 by Martha Magenta

another layer of autumn leaves on his grave my memories settle deeper Eucalypt: A Tanka Journal, issue 26, Spring 2019 http://www.eucalypt.info/E-about.html

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Haiku, senryu and tanka in #FemkuMag

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Martha Magenta

blackberry moon the clench of his fists dream-eater her nibbled down nails have nothing left to give woodpecker he picks at my faults black-eyed Susan I should have left him the first time Previously … Continue reading →

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Tanka – Skylark

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Martha Magenta

a nonchalant fox passes me in the street I am the interloper in this nightworld paper poppies for peace somewhere else another war another cemetery Skylark 13, 7:1 summer 2019 http://skylarktanka.weebly.com/store.html

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