Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo.
お知らせ
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April 2, 4:00 p.m. PDT (Apr. 3 8:00 a.m. JST), I participated in Friday Poetry Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson, and performed improvised reading of tanka both in English and in Japanese. |
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The meeting featured a collaboration of English Haiku and photos taken by Ms. Deborah P Kolodji, my best friend, when she came to Japan in April 2019. It was a wonderful time for me to be able to relive the days when she stayed at my house. |
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Thank you very much, Deborah. I sincerely hope that the days will come back soon so that we can travel back and forth between our countries. |
Saturday, April 3, 2021
I am very honored to announce that I am invited as a featured reader of Cobalt Poets Zoom reading event presided at by Mr. Rick Lupert.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude toward Mr. R. Lupert for this wonderful opportunity.
I will do my best to satisfy everyone's expectation!
Date & Time:
April 6th 7:30 pm (PST) / April 7th 11:30 am (JST)
Cobalt Poets Facebook notice:
https://www.facebook.com/events/209332327634519/
Thursday, April 1, 2021
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March 26, 4:00 p.m. PST (Mar. 27 8:00 a.m. JST), I participated in Friday Poetry Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson from Inokashira Park where cherry blossoms are in full bloom. |
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Accompanied by Mr. Rick Wilson's Shakuhachi flute play, I was able to present my bilingual tanka reading in a gorgeous atmosphere. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude toward my dearest Mr. & Mrs. Wilson. |
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This meeting featured Ms. Yvette Kolodji, an English Haiku poet and an artist. Appreciating her creative and innovative art surrounded by Japanese cherry blossoms which she loves was a precious time for me. Thank everyone for all. |
Saturday, March 27, 2021
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March 2nd, 7:30 p.m. PST (Mar. 3, 12:30 JST), I participated in Cobalt Poets Reading Zoom Event presided at by Mr. Rick Lupert, and performed bilingual reading in Japanese and in English. The piece I presented was "Meiji Jingu", which is the sequence Ms. Deborah P Kolodji and I created together. |
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Mr. Hiram Silms was the feature poet in this event. His poems led me into his distinctive and unique world, and inspired me a lot. |
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I would like to express my gratitude toward Mr. Rick Lupert and everyone in the meeting. |
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
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February 25, 1:00 p.m. PST (Feb. 26 6:00 a.m. JST), I participated in Thursday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson. Ms. Deborah P Kolodji and I performed reading of our new English Haiku & English Tanka sequence which we created together. It is the tenth sequence we created together. I once again realized that how happy I am to be able to collaborate with a poet being in tune with each other. |
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Participants from the U.S., Canada, Japan and France gathered and had active discussions. This international meeting inspired me a lot. For everyone in the meeting, thank you very much. |
Friday, February 26, 2021
"red lights", an English poetry journal, posted my new Tanka sequence.
This sequence was created in this autumn in Inokashira Park where few people were due to coronavirus pandemic.
I am very honored with the proposal from Ms. Marilyn Hazelton, the editor of Red Lights, saying she wants post the sequence as a whole, because it is rather a normal practice that editors selects one piece from the sequence to post in their poetry journals.
I would like to send my sincere gratitude toward Ms. Hazelton.
『Incense Smoke』
by Mariko Kitakubo
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how can I
live and love?
every where
is Autumn...
color me too, please
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under
the pale milky
moon...
the ripe silence
of Autumn
3
what am I
looking for ?
the last glow
of Autumn---
a dark hollow of me
4
chilly morning
Autumn will leave
soon
by the misty pond
a glimmer of hope
5
incense
smoke came
to me
and stay for a while
Covid19, 2020
Friday, February 26, 2021
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February 19, 4:00 p.m. PST (Feb. 20 9:00 a.m. JST), I participated in Friday Poetry Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson, and performed Japanese - English bilingual reading of my new Tanka sequence. |
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Although my sequence was about my honest depressed emotion, I felt that the participants understood my feeling very well, and I was able to have confidence to establish soul to soul communication. Ms. Cynthia Anderson's superior collaboration of images and poems, which was the feature of this meeting, inspired me a lot. |
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Also, the other participants presented their unique and free-minded works. I believe that it is the broad-mindedness of the organizer that let out all the participants' free expressions. I would like to thank to everyone. |
Saturday, February 20, 2021
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February 16, 7:30 p.m. PST (Feb. 17 12:30 p.m. JST), I participated in The Cobalt Poets Series, an online meeting presided at by Mr. Rick Lupert. |
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Mr. Ron Koertge was the featured poet in the meeting. I was inspired by the presentations made by the participants for the openmic reading. I would like to thank everyone for wonderful time. |
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photo by Kathabela Wilson |
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
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February 05, 4:00 p.m. PST (Feb. 06 9:00 a.m. JST), I participated in Friday Poetry Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson, and performed Japanese - English bilingual reading of my Tanka sequence. |
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I was impressed with poetry expression of Ms. Toti O'Brien, who is a poet and artist and one of the main themes of this meeting. Although my participation to the meeting was limited time, I would like to thank everyone attended the meeting. |
Monday, February 8, 2021
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January 29, 4:00 p.m. PST (Jan. 30 9:00 a.m. JST), I participated in Friday Poetry Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson, and performed Japanese - English bilingual reading of new Tanka - Haiku sequence created with Ms. Deborah P Kolodji, which is our 8th sequence in perfect harmony. |
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The meeting gave me a special opportunity to get in touch with English poem with full of originality presented by Ms. Thelma T.Reyna, who is the featured poet for this meeting. |
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I was also inspired by the fellow members' paintings and flute play presentations. To all attendans, thank you very much for fruitful time. |
Saturday, January 30, 2021
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