Tanka #5

Love is flowering 
A couple at the garden  
Glowing in sunset 
Soon the trees will be in bloom 
Spring is just a kiss away 

© M. Jay Dixit, September heart-to-hearts, 2024 All Rights Reserved

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Tanka #4

Moon's slowly dying 
So are the constellations 
Tomorrow is here 
With its high expectations 
A lone bird singing for mate 

© M. Jay Dixit, September heart-to-hearts, 2023 All Rights Reserved

What is a Tanka?

A Tanka is a Japanese form of poetry. It has five lines and thirty-one syllables in 5/7/5/7/7 format, giving a complete picture of an event or mood. It has an ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ element, and a ‘turn’ from the former to the latter.

Posted over at dverse: Open Link Night

Tanka #3

On an old Neem tree
Whose trunk is black and sooty
Sits a lone white dove.
If only I could repair
my wings and fly to find love.

Posted over at EIF where Ingrid is hosting Tanka challenge!

What is a Tanka?

A Tanka is a Japanese form of poetry. It has five lines and thirty-one syllables in 5/7/5/7/7 format, giving a complete picture of an event or mood. It has an ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ element, and a ‘turn’ from the former to the latter.

M. Jay Dixit, 2021

Two Tankas For Fall

dashing wind brings chill
piercing walls of my bedroom
astounding my soul
basking in september sun
fall arrives at my doorsteps

as dusk suddenly
rips the inky sky with gold
a late monsoon breeze
hurries its march and turns cold
making loose leaves sprint in drifts

What is a Tanka?

A Tanka is a Japanese form of poetry. It has five lines and thirty-one syllables in 5/7/5/7/7 format, giving a complete picture of an event or mood. This is my first time writing Tankas.

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© dixitmrityunjay, 2020. September heart-to-hearts.