Tofino Poet Laureate - National Poetry Month Initiative, April 2020

Tofino Poet Laureate, Joanna Streetly, featured the following tanka on her blog for National Poetry Month Day 7 (April 7, 2020):


between the spokes
of your spinning wheel
a dusty web . . .
I never thought our lives
would so quickly unwind

1st Place
2019 British Haiku Society Awards, Tanka Section

Tofino Poet Laureate - National Poetry Month Initiative, April 2019

Tofino Poet Laureate, Joanna Streetly, featured the following tanka on her blog for National Poetry Month Day 6 (April 6, 2019):


the ocean
was in a rage last night
but today,
these peace offerings
of blue mussels and kelp

1st Place
2018 Tanka Society of America Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest