years from now
I promise to remember
how you looked that night
alone on the verandah
holding moonlight in your hands

Margaret Dornaus
   
First Place, 2011
TSA International Tanka Contest

you look alarmed
when I mention my birthday–
I remind you
of the gift I helped you buy
and where you have it hidden

Second Place
Elaine Riddell

my aged mother
has no fear of death . . .
so why do I tremble
when she doesn't
answer the phone

Third Place
Cathy Drinkwater Better

About the Tanka Society of America

How to Become a Member

What is Tanka?

The Tanka Niche

Ribbons: Tanka Society of America Journal

 An Invitation to the Tanka Cafe

TSA International Tanka Competition Results
Winners and Judges' Comments 2000–2011

The TSA Members' Anthologies 2001-2009

From Our Pages: "An Interview with Sanford Goldstein" by Patricia Prime
Parts I, II, III

The Tanka Teachers Guide

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