Some Random Tanka….

1.

The fire of life

Is love. No exact measure

A whirling dervish

Hands in opposite display

Gathers in the miracle

2.

Sound of frog-cries heard
A pale moon floats above pond
Fresh life is stirring
An early owl goes hunting
Wise mice scatter for cover

3.

                                          Cranes wheeled in the sky

Their chiding cries fell to hard earth

                                           Warm mid winter day–

                                  A pale half moon calls the birds

                                      To stroke her face with soft wings

A cat sits dozing

Beneath a thorny rosebush

No foot can reach him

His paws retract the sharp claws

With a deep purr his eyes close.