Tanka consists of five units (often treated as separate lines when Romanized or translated) usually with the following mora pattern: 5-7-5-7-7.
Sylphs here and there
Undulating waves in air
Deep blue skies of fair
Windy blowing without care
Yesterday and today they share
Little birds flying
Land on bird bath while trying
YeYo keet crying
Separated from dying
Parakeets content sighing
Two more samples of tanka in monorhyme.
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Coordinator
Job title: Financial IV
Harmonious bore
Hard work but calmer to snore
Was Senior Cash Apps before
Another tanka in monorhyme.
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A flash of blue bright
In the early morning light
While blogging to write
Twice the excite without fright
HP, SP — orgonite
Another sample of tanka in monorhyme.
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Shepherds of the seas
Oceans, water and cool breeze
Donations no fees
For whales and dolphins agrees
Save our Hearts from Nipponese!
From black bumble bees
Drinking nectar from sweet peas
To blood sucking fleas
Purple waves family trees
Largest mammals: Help us please!
One seaworthy society of conservation tanka in monorhyme.
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Yellow banana
Five inch pecker santana
Two snacks of manna
Colombia savannah
Happy me: monkey-ana
Boss ‘vox humana’
‘Hard-Core Red’ lady nana
Americana
Native hippie bandana
Orange hair not red santa
Two snacking samples of shared tanka in monorhyme.
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Create your forum
Toot your own horn; beat your drum
Welcome smart and dumb
Either get out or belong
Here in this box — troll or chum
Twiddling your thumb
Peachy happy; chewing glum
Open door or mum
Knowledge picking, sharing crumb
One for all or all from some
Two boring samples while working tanka in monorhyme.
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God can’t always hear!
Prayers you hold heartfelt dear
Anger, hate and fear
Envious to killing tear
Cain-not, un-Abel revere
Brotherly love peer
Helpful hands decisions steer
Or work hard career?
Feed me now! Not oil or beer.
Worldwide starvation to clear.
Responsible gear
Men in charge to disappear
Accountable cheer
Gnashing of golden teeth sneer
Spreading of garlic breath ‘shmear’
God is near and here.
Within immediate sphere
Loving volunteer
Outward some-thing to revere
Inward no-thing so sincere
Four selfless samples of boogered tanka in monorhyme.
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Atheist
Selfish little pods!
Deny existence of gods
Or other divine squads
Small minds of nothingness façades!
Zero is some-times at odds.
Agnostic
Infinitely blind
Impossible, undefined
Up to a point mind
Ki power of the Son find
Where time and space intertwined
Infidel
In the hollow wood
None-believers covered hood
Some misunderstood.
Most owls hoot, with big eyes, could
Love not hate or fear – All good.
Skeptic
All doctrines and creeds
Eyes and ears of doubting bleeds.
Brain-washing succeeds
Skip Old to New ticks proceeds
Give well a note Truthful deeds
Four similar samples of valid tankas in monorhyme.
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Pale face man appeared
Thick bottle eye glasses peered
Long, white wavy beard
Dark blue jacket and pants geared
White sneakers, not smelly but weird
Communion holy
Old man suddenly on knee
Priest in front of me
Center aisle got up with glee
Church people praying could see
Two strange samples of creepy tanka in monorhyme.
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Take a long good look:-
If you cook, you’re in my book!
By hook or by crook
All the crannies in the nook
Dare not brook or rook this schnook
Another tasty sample of gobbledygook tanka of monorhyme.
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The year of our Lord
Plus one and minus one scored
Golden ratio ward
Common lion roared
Value before first one adored
Voiceless speaking chord
Current ball point sword
Digging bowl shape concave horde
Twenty owe one poured
Three riddles of ‘Who am I?’ tanka in monorhyme.
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Dump energy grave
No more horno microwave !
Burn our food of crave
Too busy or lazy slave
Faster cooking to us save
Break energy wall
Install hovercrafts for all!
Spraying planes will stall.
Three bucks per gallon gas fall.
Oil users slow to a crawl.
Cool to own fried brain?
Cellphone, ‘eye-pod’ cancer gain!
Wired, ear-hole chain
Program all minds to insane
Flip the switch; energy drain!
Mind-programming mode
Internet shockwaves explode
Music lovers’ code
Movies, airtimes nonsense load
Visual, audio node
Mouthful to shirk
Mercury fillings rework
Fluoride toothpaste lurk
Radiated X-rays jerk!
Skull filled implants mental quirk
Atomic fusion
Radiation contusion
Nature’s conclusion
Nuclear blood transfusion
Warp genetics intrusion
Vaccination fears
Mercury injections spears
Autism appears!
Neurotoxin death adheres
Bio-pharmaceutical cheers
Cosmetic beauty
Silicon implants snooty
Liposuction bootie
Prettier clones for booty
Souls slaved by gay pride fruity!
Styrofoam taste — stinks!
Aluminum flavored drinks
Processed foods ad jinks
As upside down burger blinks
Fresh squeezed, organic picked thinks
Cloning of nature
Finding medical ill’s cure.
Save many lives lure
Seeds and feeds controlling poor
Nothing left: unsure and pure.
Nine dark samples of polluting tanka in monorhyme.
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