Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo.
お知らせ
Rattlecast111 has just live-streamed an interview program featuring my best friend, Ms. Deborah P Kolodji.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude toward Ms. Deborah for performing "Both Sides of The Ocean", which Ms. Deborah and I composed together, and published in a New Zealand poetry journal "KOKAKO" in 2020.
Her interview was streamed via Facebook and Youtube. I am very honored about this.
> click here to view Ms. Deborah P Kolodji's interview on Rattlecast111.
Both Sides of the Ocean
by Deborah P Kolodji & Mariko Kitakubo
tea for both
sides of the ocean
smiling moon (D)
sharing
time under
the big dipper ---
gente roundness
of our horizon (M)
was it only yesterday?
cherry blossoms lined
a graveyard (D)
chatting
on the terrace ...
our roses
under my sun
under your moon (M)
I look up
through bougainvillea
skies we once travelled (D)
clouds come
into my tea cup
and go out ...
do they drift
from mine to yours? (M)
Monday, September 27, 2021
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September 24th, 4:00 p.m. PDT (September 25, 8:00 JST), I participated in Friday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson, and performed reading of Japanese - English Tanka sequences. |
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Some of them were already-published my own work, and others were unpublished English Tanka sequence which Ms. Kathabela and I created. I was happy that the participants enjoyed my performance accompanied by purcussion play. |
Saturday, September 25, 2021
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September 3rd, 4:00 p.m. PDT (September 4, 8:00 a.m. JST), I participated in Friday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson, and performed reading of my latest tanka sequence in English and in Japanese. |
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(Photo by Ms. Kathabela Wilson) |
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(Photo by Ms. Kathabela Wilson) |
Saturday, September 4, 2021
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August 31, 7:30 p.m. PDT (September 1, 11:30 a.m JST), I participated in Cobalt Poets Reading presided at by Mr. Rick Lupert. |
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Although I was able to be with them for a short time, I was happty to get together with the members after a while. |
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Ms. Deborah P Kolodji and I performed reading of our latest English Haiku and English Tanka sequence titled "Lego Box". I was very glad that everyone enjoyed our presentation. |
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Tanka Sequences
Escape
riverside
unstoppable
spring wind
that day I escaped
from suicide
memory
of the violence
can survive
under water...
uncountable tough bubbles
don't try
to find me
I will be
nowhere...
somewhere in your memory
buds
are ready for
our future
sakura avenue
on our planet
Tanka Cafe Theme: Spring Love.
how many
springs since
my love
passed away
cherry blossom rain
Move to "Tanka Society of America"
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
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July 30, 4:00 p.m. PDT (July 31, 8:00 a.m. JST), I participated in Friday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson. |
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I performed a reading of a new sequence that I created together with Ms. Deborah P Kolodji, a talented English Haiku poet and one of my very close friends. I am very glad that the participants appreciated our performance. |
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I was fortunate to have had an opportunity to get in touch with the other participants' poetry works and Mr. Rick Wilson's flute performance. |
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The soothing sound of "Hamonon" was added at the end of my reading presentation. |
Saturday, July 31, 2021
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June 25, 4:00 p.m. PDT (June 26, 8:00 a.m. JST), I participated in Friday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson, and performed reading of a new sequence that Ms. Deborah P Kolodji and I created together. |
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Ms. Deborah shared a nostalgic photo taken at Asilomar Conference Grounds in California in 2008. It is what inspired us for this new sequence. Our presentation proceeded in a friendly atmosphere. |
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Thank you very much for the fruitful time. Everyone's presentation inspired me a lot. |
Saturday, June 26, 2021
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June 15, 7:30 p.m. PDT (June 16, 11:30 a.m. JST), I participated in Cobalt Poets Reading Event presided at by Mr. Rick Lupert, and performed reading of the latest sequence of English Haiku and Tanka, which Ms. Deborah P Kolodji and I created together. This event featured Ms. Kathabela Wilson, who is my very best friend. I enjoyed her reading presentation of her poems themed on travel together with the old flute performance by Mr. Rick Wilson, who is Ms. Kathabela Wilson's husband. |
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Thank you very much for such a wonderful and enriching time. |
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
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June 11, 4:00 p.m. PDT (June 12, 8:00 a.m. JST), I participated in Friday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson. The meeting was held in memory of our good friend, Mr. Robert Stewart, an excellent photographer, painter, and poet, who passed away suddenly. |
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It was a time of remembrance. Each one of us shared our memories of him, his achievements, and his warm and sincere personality. I shared a photo of my hands playing percussion that he had taken in 2012. I performed improvised reading of tanka inspired by the photo imagery presented by one of the participants. May his soul be filled with peace. |
Saturday, June 12, 2021
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May 28, 4:00 p.m. PDT (May 29, 8:00 a.m. JST), I participated in Friday Poetry Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson, and performed reading of my new Tanka sequence both in Japanese and in English. |
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I was fortunate to be able to interact with poets from English-speaking countries after a long time and to receive fresh inspiration. Thank you very much to the organizer and all participants. |
Saturday, May 29, 2021
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