Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo.

Mariko Kitakubo Profile

Mariko Kitakubo

Born in Tokyo.
Living in Mitaka-city, Tokyo
Membership
Japan Writers' Association,
Japan PEN Club,
Association of Contemporary Tanka Poets,
Japan Tanka Poets' Society,
Kokoro-No-Hana,
Tan-Ku Co-Founder,
Tanka Society of America.

In commemoration of
15 years of tanka reading
The Latest Tanka Sequence
Original Tanka presented at
Spoken World Live

Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo. Article details.

Tanka Society of America Summer 2008

Tanka Cafe Theme: Epiphany

is he an evil spirit
or a god,
that handsome Masai boy--
his gleaming body
has the gloss of silk

Selected Tanka

we go back
back to the scarlet DNA
of original sin
all the way to the womb
of Cain's mother, Eve