#TankaPoem
Many thanks to editors of Cafe Haiku for publishing my Micro Haibun today.

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November 3, 2026 at 9:23 AM
October 30, 2026 at 1:56 PM
pay no attention
little men pulling levers
don't want you peeking—
behind the drapes illusions
lose their wonder and magic

#TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry

11/5 — #magic
November 2, 2026 at 12:52 PM
TANKA
At the library
I check out too many books,
more than I can read —
our libraries, such buffets
of tempting delicacies.

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November 4, 2026 at 12:27 AM
For #TankaThursday #Monster

tanka weekly #poetry challenge

10/29 — monster

write a tanka using prompt & hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry

With much thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social
October 29, 2026 at 12:57 PM
In the game of life
Winners and losers collide
Mass cheering subsides
Each tick of reason’s clock
Desire stays past Autumn

#vss365 #cheering #tanka
#poetsofbluesky #poetrysky
#tankapoem #writesky

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📷 me #ECK #WCK
October 28, 2026 at 7:30 PM
TANKA
After the time change
of November, the dark creeps
early over land.
We dread the dim dreary days
ahead – but oh! falling snow!

#tanka #tankapoem #haiku #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #seasons #autumn #nature #winter
November 4, 2026 at 12:22 AM
TANKA
the rust of autumn —
November trees, muted tones
burnt orange, umber
leaves crisp and crumbling yet hints
of brilliant color. My life.

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#poetrycommunity #5lines #blueskypoets #trees #nature #autumn #color #ageing
November 4, 2026 at 12:18 AM
October 28, 2026 at 4:44 PM
october
a crabapple yellow balloon
floats in a dark sky
the phone a boulder
in my hands

#tanka #fivelines #tankapoem #micropoem #vss365
October 27, 2026 at 1:01 AM
There's empty spaces
I wonder how to fill them
As I'll never go ...
I will draw dragons inside
Mirrored monsters from my mind

(tanka weekly #poetry challenge
10/29 — monster
#TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry)
tanka weekly #poetry challenge

This week:
10/29 — monster

write a tanka using prompt & hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry

#tanka resources:

Tanka Society of America:
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
October 28, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Robust hollow eyes
Nature’s monster in disguise
Prodigal anguish
Cavorts in broadest daylight
Will of stone forged by cruelty

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#TankaThursday #TankaPoem
#poetsofbluesky #poetrysky
#EastCoastkin #ECK #WCK
#Photography 📷 me #vssdaily
October 29, 2026 at 8:24 AM
hello there monster
hear you have hunger and thirst
that makes two of us

happy to share this with you
be content or you'll be dead

🖖 #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #Tanka2
October 29, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Iago's dreams
…
oh my little one
the green-eyed monster and I
sleep with Iago's screams
I walk in a waking dream
your champagne curdles my brain
…
#TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
#poem #poetry #tanka #monster
October 28, 2026 at 7:36 AM
tanka weekly #poetry challenge

This week:
10/29 — monster

write a tanka using prompt & hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry

#tanka resources:

Tanka Society of America:
www.tankasocietyofamerica.org
October 28, 2026 at 7:34 PM
October 26, 2026 at 11:24 AM
the masses lineup
time for early voting
—afloat in a flood
oligarchy of red ants
tossing lies labeled buoys

#TankaThursday vote #TankaPoem #micropoetry #Time4Change #DemocracyOnTheBallot
October 25, 2026 at 4:46 PM
hello there monster
hear you have hunger and thirst
that makes two of us

happy to share this with you
be content or you'll be dead

🖖 #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #Tanka2
October 29, 2026 at 2:19 PM
family gathers
a no-politics rule potluck
prayer of thanks
after the amens . . . groans
when granny says f**k Tr**p

#TankaThursday vote #TankaPoem #micropoetry #kyoka #Time4Change #GOTV
October 24, 2026 at 12:43 PM
‎Glad to be in haikuKatha, Issue 60. Congratulations to all the featured poets. Grateful to Kala Ramesh & all the editors
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October 23, 2026 at 7:21 PM
pay no attention—
little men pulling levers
don't want you peeking—
behind the drapes illusions
lose their wonder and magic

#TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry

11/5 — #magic
October 23, 2026 at 8:06 PM
seasons—leaves color up
yellow, orange, red, and brown
we honor the dead
we make our firm marks
on ballots in dark ink

#TankaThursday vote #TankaPoem #micropoetry #GOTV #GeneralElection
October 23, 2026 at 9:34 AM
trust is a seagull
riding a white bear floating
on a lone iceberg
only birds can scan the deep
to bring home sushi for two

#TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry

10/8/26 — #trust
October 23, 2026 at 4:14 AM
the line shortens
one by one we reach the booth
even a sparrow
casts its tiny vote
for the last warm sun

Fatma Zohra Habis

#TankaThursday #TankaPoem #inkMine #poetry #poetrycommunity
October 22, 2026 at 9:29 AM
every voice needed
yes, yours — show up, make it count
ghosts of those who died
for your right to vote watch, judge —
was their sacrifice worth it?

#TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry

10/22 — #VOTE
October 23, 2026 at 4:25 PM