Tag: A Tanka

Crows in Moscow (a Tanka)

Featured Image Above: He calls out early, as if he knows the world is about to tilt again.





Crows in Moscow (a Tanka)

How do the crows know –
when to flee life’s undertow?
Has the status quo
been shot by stupid’s crossbow,
without talking to Moscow?


After all that swooping and shouting, a soft goodbye feels about right.




Ivor Steven ©  February 2026

The Ravens Warning (a Tanka)

Feature Image Above: Created by Copilot and me.


“Ravens fly through the iron‑gate sky, carrying warnings only the attentive will hear.”


The Ravens Warning (a Tanka)

Stealthily they fly,
below the iron‑gate sky—
loud and steely‑eyed.
Ravens warn all passersby:
beware of that sly bad guy.




Under an iron‑gate sky, her voice rises like a warning carried on dark wings




Ivor Steven ©  February 2026



We’re a Noisy Bunch (a Tanka)

While the café murmured below, the Corellas held their own rowdy morning meeting in the trees above me.




We’re a Noisy Bunch (a Tanka)

I’m one of many
In a flock of two twenty
I’m a Corella
And when we’re all together
We’re a loud bunch of critters



“A chorus of Corellas above the morning hum.”




Ivor Steven ©  February 2026

Throwback Friday, My Mind Meanders (a Tanka)

Today’s Throwback Friday poem (originally written in August 2023) is drawn from my upcoming book, Time Hears No Sound. It appears as the first poem in the Tanka section of Chapter 10, Time’s Short Poems: Haiku, Tanka, etc.


I’ve done lots of meandering today, and now I need to have a doggie nap




My Mind Meanders (a Tanka)

On our morning trail
Where beginnings never end
Imagination
Meanders around each bend
Conscious of nature’s haven






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Until Eyes Hear Sound

Lulu Books >>  Until Eyes Hear Sound (lulu.com)



Perceptions:

Amazon >>  Perceptions : Steven, Ivor, Knight, Derrick: Amazon.com.au: Books
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Tullawalla:

Amazon >> Tullawalla A Meeting Place Where My Empty Hands are Full of Memories and Rhymes : Steven, Ivor: Amazon.com.au: Books


OR: >> You may email me directly for a signed copy at
ivorrs20@gmail.com … and I can send you a PayPal account,
for the Book, plus Postage.


Ivor Steven ©  February 2026

The Crescent Moon and the Dragonfly (a Tanka)

Featured Image Above: was created by Copilot and me.


Late afternoon light, a crescent moon rising, and one bold dragonfly with something to say…


The Crescent Moon and the Dragonfly (a Tanka)


“Hello, Mister Moon –
why are you so small today?”
“You should not throw stones
Pipsqueak. You’re just an insect.
I can’t even see your wings.”




A little music to settle beneath the crescent moon…




Ivor Steven ©  January 2026