Congratulations to the Issue #4 Poets!

Congratulations to the following poets for receiving publication in issue #4, featuring fine poems by Bobby Aldridge, Anna Cates, Eve Chilicas, Lorraine Cipriano, Thomas Clark, Mary Crane Fahey, Nicholas D’Angelo, Deborah Davitt, Stephanie De Haven, Lynette Esposito,...

Congratulations to the Issue #3 Poets!

Congratulations to all the poets published in issue #3! Featuring fine tanka poems by these acclaimed poets; Bobby Aldridge, Kevin Andersen, Anna Cates, Lorraine Cipriano, Deborah Davitt, Ana Drobot, Mary Crane Fahey, Susan Gentry, Michael Griffith, Joann Grisetti,...

Congratulations to the Issue #2 Poets!

Congratulations to the following poets for their publication in Tanka Journal Issue #2: Battersby, Lois; Baxter, Lewis; Bonholtzer, Eric; Chircop, Charmaine; Davidson, Tracy; Drobot, Ana; Edwards, David; Evans, Lee; Fleming, Marilyn; Francone, Vincent; Gentry, Susan;...

Congratulations to the Issue #1 Poets!

Tanka Journal is off to a great start. The following poets were featured in our debut issue, congratulations: Aldridge, Bobby; Ancheta, Angelo; Anguiano, Kim; Baxter, Lewis; Beaston, Judy; Berche, Chrystal; Brown, Mandy; Browne, Heather; Bryant, Cathy; Buck, Stu;...

Think of tanka as two tercets with a shared line….

Elsewhere on our website, we discuss what tanka poems are, and even include a recipe for composing tanka. So few people know tanka poetry well, and we urge you to imagine a tanka poem as two tercets with a shared line. The experience tercet expresses an experience and...