Haiga Archive
Search results: tanka
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Margaret Owen Ruckert
25 April 2026as a child
she hugged wildflowers
migration
changed their names
still she searches, whenever -
Debbie Strange
4 March 2026I hand-stitch
a bereavement quilt
through the night
silver threads unwind
from spools of my tears -
Sreenath Mysore
24 February 2026distant memories
linger
but yesterday’s hazy…
like the landscape flying past
in the train window -
Debbie Strange
12 February 2026and still
I am cut to the heart
by these blades
of wild iris swaying
around your tomb -
Debbie Strange
31 January 2026sometimes
it all seems too much
to bear,
but then comes the rain
and a wood thrush singing -
Sreenath Mysore
6 December 2025remember the time
we used to build
hills on sand
strange fate
ending up as neighbors abroad -
Debbie Strange
6 November 2025I turn
my gaze inward
how dark
this long journey
back into the light -
Djurdja Rozic
13 October 2025as i walk
humming ‘autumn leaves’
the wind steals
the memory of your voice
and my tears -
Sreenath Mysore
30 September 2025fireflies
everywhere…
when in dark
i wish my grey cells
fired as much -
Sreenath Mysore
18 September 2025now there’s no one
to call my own
im going away
all the memories still
buzzing in my mind
