The Tanka Society of America aims to further the writing, reading, study, and appreciation of tanka poetry in English. (All tweets by TSA rep Susan Burch)
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@TheHaiga I found this today on my computer. I'm not sure when it's from. But I loved it so I wrote a poem.
#completethehaiga #tanka
2026 Sanford Goldstein Contest
Honorable Mention
floating in the lake
my body remembers
something older
than every year I spent
trying to be useful
Amy Tucker
Oliver, British Columbia
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem #awards
2026 Sanford Goldstein Contest
Honorable Mention
parking the car
for an unexpected kiss . . .
the thrum of rain
on the roof,
the perfect playlist
Baisali Chatterjee Dutt
Kolkata, India
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem #awards
2026 Sanford Goldstein Contest
Honorable Mention
floating inside
my mother's womb
for nine months—
how little she
understood me
Pamela A. Babusci
Rochester, New York
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem #awards
2026 Sanford Goldstein Contest
Third Place
budding branches
tapping the window
I think of how
we missed out
on having a child
Cezar Ciobica, Sr.
Botosani, Romania
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem #awards
2026 Sanford Goldstein Contest
Second Place
outside
swallows somewhere
in the fog
migrating now to
her kidneys and liver
Alan Peat
Biddulph, United Kingdom
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poem #shortpoem #awards
2026 Sanford Goldstein Contest
First Place
a panel of speakers
on climate concerns . . .
the swirling waves
that pattern the carpet
threaten to sweep me away
Elaine Riddell
Hamilton, New Zealand
#tanka #5lines #micropoetry #poetry #poem #shortpoem #awards
The 2026 Sanford Goldstein Contest winners are out! I’ll be posting 1 a day but to read them all now:
tankasocietyofamerica.org/ts…
TSA members don’t forget to submit to the annual anthology. Closes 8/31.
tankasocietyofamerica.org/ts…
