Tanka

Michelle Brock is an Australian short story writer and poet. In 2012 she became addicted to tanka when she joined the Limestone Tanka Poets facilitated by Kathy Kituai. Her tanka, haiga and tanka prose have appeared regularly in Eucalypt, Ribbons, Moonbathing, Skylark, Haibun Today and numerous anthologies. In 2019 she was selected to co-judge the Tanka Society of America’s annual tanka competition. Recently her work has also been included in mainstream poetry collections including Grieve Volume 9 (Hunter Writers Centre, 2021), Poetry for the Planet (Litora Press, 2021) and Not Very Quiet (Recent Works Press, 2021).  She finds her inspiration along rivers and beaches, in everyday moments and in the company of other writers. She loves the fact that such an ancient form of poetry still has a strong grass roots following across the world.