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Tanka Society of America Anthologies
Tanka Society of America Anthologies
All members will receive a free copy of the annual TSA members’ anthology as a membership benefit. Read the 2025 anthology submission guidelines (due by August 31, 2025). If you’re not a current member, please join or renew today. To order extra copies of TSA anthologies (and our journal, Ribbons), please first inquire with Kathabela Wilson at poetsonsite@gmail.com. You can also order older TSA publications at Lulu.com by searching for “Tanka Society of America” or by clicking the links for each of the following anthologies. Starting in 2020 our anthologies have been available on Amazon.
Portals
Portals
Attendee anthology for the August 18, 2013 Tanka Sunday conference aboard the Queen Mary ocean liner in Long Beach, California. Amelia Fielden and Michael Dylan Welch, editors. Read more about this book.
Past Anthologies
Past Anthologies
The Tanka Society of America has published occasional anthologies of member poems since 2002, and since 2014 these anthologies have been annual. The following is a list of all member anthologies, together with ordering information. If you would be interested in editing, designing, and publishing a future anthology, please contact any TSA officer, as these anthologies can happen only when members volunteer to help make them happen.
See our Publications Sale page for temporary discounts on many of the following anthologies and on back issues of our journal, Ribbons.
Eye to Eye
Eye to Eye
2023 Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology
Randy Brooks, editor
This anthology celebrates the emotional life of relationships where we come eye to eye with each other—with our children, our friends, our lovers—as well as how we see ourselves in private moments or on our personal journeys. Voices from throughout North America and around the world—139 poets—speak with their eyes wide open to love, compassion, and hope.
See submission guidelines. Order the 2023 members’ anthology directly from Amazon for $12 plus shipping.
One Moment at a Time
One Moment at a Time
2022 Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology
Jim Chessing, editor
This collection takes you, one moment at a time, through nine chapters of thematic tanka poems, ranging from love and family to nature and the news. Discover poems on gardens, illness, death, and introspection, from 160 distinctive voices.
See submission guidelines. Order the 2022 members’ anthology directly from Amazon for $12 plus shipping.
Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait
2021 Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology
Michael H. Lester, editor
This anthology offers a window into the minds of 152 tanka poets from around the world in seven chapters exploring such timeless themes as death, love, human nature, the natural world, and philosophy.
See submission guidelines. Order the 2021 members’ anthology directly from Amazon for $12 plus shipping.
Dance into the World
Dance into the World
Tanka Society of America Twentieth Anniversary Anthology
Michael Dylan Welch, editor
Read the book’s introduction. See submission guidelines. Order the 2020 members’ anthology directly from Amazon for $12 plus shipping. You can also view the following promotional video (also available on the Amazon page). See review by Dave Read.
A Thousand Voices
A Thousand Voices
2019 Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology
Alexis Rotella, editor
See submission guidelines. Order the 2019 members’ anthology directly from Lulu for $10 plus shipping.
Of Love and War and the Life in Between
Of Love and War and the Life in Between
2018 Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology
Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy, editor
See submission guidelines. Order the 2018 members’ anthology directly from Lulu for $10 plus shipping.
The Right Touch of Sun
The Right Touch of Sun
2017 Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology
Margaret Dornaus and David Terelinck, editors
See submission guidelines. Order the 2017 members’ anthology directly from Lulu for $10 plus shipping.
Ripples in the Sand
Ripples in the Sand
2016 Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology
Susan Constable and Jenny Ward Angyal, editors
See submission guidelines. Order the 2016 members’ anthology directly from Lulu for $10 plus shipping.
Spent Blossoms
Spent Blossoms
2015 Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology
Claire Everett, editor
See submission guidelines. Order the 2015 members’ anthology directly from Lulu for $10 plus shipping.
All the Shells
All the Shells
2014 Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology
M. Kei, editor
See submission guidelines. Order the 2014 members’ anthology directly from Lulu for $10 plus shipping.
The Pebbled Shore
The Pebbled Shore
2009 Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology
Dave Bacharach and Kirsty Karkow, editors
Order the 2009 members’ anthology directly from Lulu for $10 plus shipping.
Sixty Sunflowers
Sixty Sunflowers
Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology for 2006–2007
Sanford Goldstein, editor
Originally available online for $15 through Modern English Tanka Press. Available in limited quantities from the TSA secretary (inquire about price plus shipping).
Something Like a Sigh
Something Like a Sigh
The Tanka Society of America 2005 Members’ Anthology
Jeanne Emrich, guest editor; Cathy Drinkwater Better, editor-in-chief
Copies available from Kathabela Wilson. Cost per copy is $10.00 in the U.S., $11.00 in Canada, and $12.00 elsewhere, all postage paid. Send cash, check, or money order (made out to “Tanka Society of America”) in U.S. funds to: Kathabela Wilson, 439 S Catalina Ave #306, Pasadena, CA 91106-3346 USA. If you have questions, please email Kathabela at poetsonsite@gmail.com.
To Find the Moon
To Find the Moon
The Tanka Society of America 2004 Members’ Anthology
Cathy Drinkwater Better, editor
Published by the Tanka Society of America in conjunction with Black Cat Press. Copies available from Kathabela Wilson. Cost per copy is $10.00 in the U.S., $11.00 in Canada, and $12.00 elsewhere, all postage paid. Send cash, check, or money order (made out to “Tanka Society of America”) in U.S. funds to: Kathabela Wilson, 439 S Catalina Ave #306, Pasadena, CA 91106-3346 USA. If you have questions, please email Kathabela at poetsonsite@gmail.com.
Searching for Echoes
Searching for Echoes
Tanka Society of America 2003 Members’ Anthology
Karina Young, editor
Published by the Tanka Society of America, Salinas, California, 2004. No ISBN, 44 pages, 8.5 by 11 inches, available for $6.00 plus $2.00 shipping ($3.00 outside North America). Please contact Karina Young at karinamy3@yahoo.com for ordering information.
Castles in the Sand
Castles in the Sand
2002 Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology
Michael Dylan Welch, editor
Published by Press Here, Sammamish, Washington, 2002. ISBN 1-878798-26-X, 32 pages, 8.5 by 11 inches, available for $7.00 plus $2.00 shipping ($3.00 outside North America). The premier TSA members’ anthology, featuring new and previously published tanka by TSA members. Read the book’s introduction, and “What Is Tanka,” also published in this book. Please contact Michael Dylan Welch at WelchM@aol.com for ordering information.
Back cover text from the first Tanka Society of America anthology from 2002:
The alchemy of tanka is that this poetry changes us, making us more aware of the mundane and miraculous. Indeed, the practice of writing tanka increases our consciousness of emotions and perceptions, prompting us to build castles of words where others may see only sand. The poets represented in this book—the premier anthology by members of the Tanka Society of America—invite you to explore their poems, which, ultimately, is an exploration of yourself.
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