Past Issues

The following are past issues of Ribbons, the journal of the Tanka Society of America, most recent first, featuring each issue’s cover and list of contents, plus a link to purchase copies. For future issues, please join the society. Issues appeared three times a year until the end of 2023, then twice a year. We are working to add as many earlier issues as we can. Thank you to all editors and poets, past and present, for contributing to this growing tanka legacy.

Editor: Susan Weaver

Tanka Hangout Editor: Ken Slaughter

Tanka Prose Editor: Liz Lanigan

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Spring/Summer 2025: Volume 21, Number 1

The Back Cover by Susan Weaver and Sherri Moye-Dombrosky, 4

Tanka Art (tanka by Lafcadio; art by Christine L. Villa), 5

President’s Message by Kathabela Wilson, 6

Tanka Hangout: Member’s Choice Tanka by Dru Philippou, 7

Tanka Hangout: The Five Senses, 10

Tanka Hangout’s Next Theme: Self-Discovery, 27

Tanka Art by Debbie Strange, 28

Selected Tanka, 29

Tanka Art by Pamela A. Babusci, 55

Tanka Sequences and Strings, 56

Tanka Prose, 75

Poet and Tanka: Monkey Bars by Tim Cremin, 96

How Tanka Mean—Some Thoughts on Content and Form: Part I by Jim Chessing, 100

Tanka Art by an’ya, 110

Book Reviews:

- I’d Still Choose You by Sally Biggar, 111
- All Things Great and Small by Peggy Hale Bilbro, 114
- But This . . . by Ginny Short, 118
- The Moon Over Heart Mountain by Jenny Ward Angyal, 121
- Quick Take, 129

News and Announcements, 130

Index of Contributors, 131

Submission Guidelines, 134

Editor: Susan Weaver

Tanka Hangout Editor: Ken Slaughter

Tanka Prose Editor: Liz Lanigan

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Fall/Winter 2024: Volume 20, Number 2

The Back Cover by Susan Weaver and Lafcadio, 4

Tanka Art (tanka by Kathleen Caster Mace; art by Christine Villa), 5

Editor’s Message by Susan Weaver, 6

Tanka Hangout: Member’s Choice Tanka by Marilyn Humbert, 7

Tanka Hangout: Poems about Poetry, 10

Tanka Hangout’s Next Theme: The Five Senses, 25

Tanka Art by an’ya, 26

Selected Tanka, 27

Tanka Art by Pamela A. Babusci, 54

Tanka Sequences and Strings, 55

Responsive Tanka, 70

Tanka Art (tanka by John Budan; art by Kathabela Wilson), 74

Tanka Prose, 75

Tanka Art by Debbie Strange, 99

2024 Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest Winners judged by Reid Hepworth and Vandana Parashar, 100

Poet and Tanka: My Tanka Journey by David F. Noble, 106

Book Reviews:

- Pail of Dreams by Jenny Ward Angyal, 110
- Shining a Light in the Darkness by Randy Brooks, 114
- Earth’s Music by Ginny Short, 117
- A Life Lived by Richard L. Matta, 120
- Love and Legacy in Wings Crossing the Moon by Susan Weaver, 124
- Quick Take, 129

News and Announcements, 130

Index of Contributors, 131

Submission Guidelines, 134

Editor: Susan Weaver

Tanka Hangout Editor: Ken Slaughter

Tanka Prose Editor: Liz Lanigan

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Spring/Summer 2024: Volume 20, Number 1

The Back Cover by Susan Weaver and Kathleen Caster Mace, 4

Tanka Art (tanka by Barbara Tate Sayre; art by Christine L. Villa), 5

Editor’s Message by Susan Weaver, 6

Tanka Hangout: Member’s Choice Tanka by Amelia Fielden, 8

Tanka Hangout: Relationships, 12

Tanka Hangout’s Next Theme: Poems about Poetry, 29

Tanka Art by an’ya, 29

Selected Tanka, 30

Tanka Art by Barbara Kaufmann, 58

Tanka Sequences and Strings, 59

Responsive Tanka, 80

Tanka Art by Pamela A. Babusci, 81

Tanka Prose, 82

Tanka Art by Debbie Strange, 106

Poet and Tanka: A Fistful of Sunbeams by Madhuri Pillai, 107

Book Reviews:

- It Could Happen Again by Amelia Fielden, 113
- An Invisible Thread Between Them by Peggy Hale Bilbro, 117
- Adagio Days: The Slow Song of a Life Well Loved by Ginny Short, 122
- Quick Takes, 126

News and Announcements, 130

Index of Contributors, 131

Submission Guidelines, 131

Editor: Susan Weaver

Tanka Hangout Editor: Ken Slaughter

Tanka Prose Editor: Liz Lanigan

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Fall 2023: Volume 19, Number 3

The Back Cover by Susan Weaver and Barbara Tate Sayre, 4

Tanka Art (tanka by Marilyn Fleming; art by Christine L. Villa), 6

President’s Message by Michael Dylan Welch, 7

Editor’s Message by Susan Weaver, S

Tanka Hangout: Member’s Choice by Catherine Smith, 9

Tanka Hangout: Tribute Poems, 11

Tanka Hangout’s Next Theme: Relationships, 27

Tanka Art by Barbara Kaufmann, 28

Selected Tanka, 29

Tanka Art by Pamela A. Babusci, 55

Tanka Sequences and Strings, 56

Responsive Tanka, 75

Tanka Art by Debbie Strange, 78

Tanka Prose, 79

Sanford Goldstein’s Tanka World: Part 2—Why Tanka Instead of Haiku? by Randy Brooks, 97

Tanka Art by an’ya, 112

2023 Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Contest Winners judged by an’ya and Debbie Strange, 113

Book Reviews:

- Sequelae: The Consequences of [In]action by Ginny Short, 119
- Scattering Sparks of Light by Sally Biggar, 122
- Search for Self and Place by Peggy Hale Bilbro, 126
- Quick Take, 129

News and Announcements, 130

Index of Contributors, 131

Submission Guidelines, 134

Editor: Susan Weaver

Tanka Hangout Editor: Ken Slaughter

Tanka Prose Editor: Liz Lanigan

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Spring/Summer 2023: Volume 19, Number 2

The Back Cover by Susan Weaver and Marilyn Fleming, 4

Tanka Art (tanka by David F. Noble; art by Christine L. Villa), 5

President’s Message by Michael Dylan Welch, 6

Editor’s Message by Susan Weaver, 8

Tanka Hangout: Member’s Choice by Elinor Pihl Huggett, 10

Tanka Hangout: Compassion, 12

Tanka Hangout’s Next Theme: Tribute Poems, 31

Tanka Art by an’ya, 32

Selected Tanka, 33

Tanka Art by Barbara Kaufmann, 59

Tanka Sequences and Strings, 60

Responsive Tanka, 76

Tanka Art (tanka by Pamela A. Babusci; art by Dawn Robinson), 80

Tanka Prose, 81

Tanka Art by Debbie Strange, 99

Sanford Goldstein’s Tanka World: Part 1—A Diary of the Emotional Changes in a Man’s Life by Randy Brooks, 100

Book Reviews:

- Earthbound, An Aerial View through a Tanka Lens by Ginny Short, 114
- Bouquets of Migrant Tales: Wildflowers by Ginny Short, 117
- Lifetimes in the Veins by Jenny Ward Angyal, 121
- An Ancient Tradition with a Modern Twist by Peggy Hale Bilbro, 126

News and Announcements, 130

Tanka Art by an’ya, 130

Index of Contributors, 131

Submission Guidelines, 134

Editor: Susan Weaver

Tanka Hangout Editor: Ken Slaughter

Tanka Prose Editor: Liz Lanigan

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Winter 2023: Volume 19, Number 1

The Back Cover by Susan Weaver and David F. Noble, 4

Tanka Art (tanka by Mary Kendall; art by Christine L. Villa), 5

Editor’s Message by Susan Weaver, 6

Tanka Hangout: Member’s Choice by Edward J. Rielly, 7

Tanka Hangout: Music, 10

Tanka Hangout’s Next Theme: Haiku by Issa, 32

Tanka Art by Debbie Strange, 33

Selected Tanka, 34

Tanka Art by Barbara Kaufmann, 60

Tanka Sequences and Strings, 61

Tanka Art (tanka by Jack Douthitt; photo by Megan Byars), 78

Responsive Tanka, 79

Tanka Art by Pamela A. Babusci, 83

Tanka Prose, 84

Poet and Tanka: Poets Raising Poets by Amber Winter and Joshua St. Claire, 105

Poetry in a Bowl of Tea by Margaret Chula, 110

Book Reviews:

- Moored Gently to this Earth by Sally Biggar, 118
- Wind and Light in the Wild Places by Teri White Carns, 122
- A Life in Poetry by Peggy Hale Bilbro, 126

Tanka Art by an’ya, 130

Index of Contributors, 131

Submission Guidelines, 134

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