Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo.
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Saturday, December 12, 2020
Bridge Water International Poetry Festival (BIPF) publicized this year's last reading video playlist.
YouTube broadcast will start December 11, 9:00 a.m. EST (Dec. 11, 11:00 p.m. JST).
I am very honored to be a part of the playlist members. I would like to express my sincere gratitude toward BIPF.
*For the details, please refer to the URL below. You can also watch the video later days.
*Update on Dec. 12: You can also watch my my presentation on my site. Click here!
One last playlist for the year! BIPF is giving you all an hour of poets to brighten the holiday season. Friday, Dec. 11, at 9 a.m., Eastern, (or any time after) tune in to hear these great voices from 11 states and 3 countries:
Stephanie Heit
Mark Fitzgerald
Anum Sattar
Laura Patterson
Ann Ritter
Mariko Kitakubo
Ann Bracken
Alan Murphy
Paris Tate
Linda Nemec Foster
Cassie Premo Steele
Kirk Judd
Diana Woodcock
Kari Gunter-Seymour
Jeanette Skirvin
■ YouTube Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh5-Hvl3VUUSGMljNlWY3EA/playlists
■ Bridge Water International Poetry Festival Official Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/bridgewaterinternationalpoetryfestival/posts/2831594020410533
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
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December 4, 4:00 p.m. PST (Dec. 5, 9:00 a.m. JST), I participated in Friday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson. |
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With the thoughts and feelings I expressed in my tanka published in TSA Anthology last year in my mind, I performed bilingual reading in Japanese and in English. My thoughts and feelings are still true at the end of this year in which we all endured from Corona virus pandemic for one year. |
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I am very honored and it was a wonderful surprise for me that the host as well as all the attendants of the meeting appreciated my performance as the prelude for a wonderful artist Ms. Toti O'Brien's reading from her latest publication, which was the feature of the meeting. I really thank for everyone in the meeting. |
Friday, December 4, 2020
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November 25th, 4:00 p.m. PST (Nov. 26, 9:00 a.m. JST), I participated in Wednesday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson, and performed reading of a sequence created with Ms. Kathabela and my new and unpublished Tanka. The sequence I created with Ms. Kathabela will be posted in the latest TSA Ribbons. |
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I participated this Zoom meeting from Inokashira Park close to my house. probably this is the last chance to deliver late autumn scenery in Japan this year. |
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Mr. Rick Wilson's old flute play and Mr. Robert Stewart's paintings were inspirational and were perfect match with the deep autumn scenery in the park where I was. I thank everyone for wonderful meeting. |
Thursday, November 26, 2020
It is my great honor that "INDIGO", my anthology published by the U.S. Shabda Press in Spring, 2016, is recommended to and accepted by Hiiragiya English Library Salon. Hiiragiya is a long-established Japanese hotel in Kyoto with 202 years history.
I would like to thank Mr. Masashi Nakamura for paying attention to my anthologies as well as my activities.
The lady in the photo who holds "Lafcadio in Japan code", a book written by Mr. Masashi Nakamura is Ms. Akemi Nishimura, the proprietress of Hiiragiya. Mr. Nakamura is the planner of this project. (upper right in the picture)
I would like to express my sincere gratitude toward Hiiragiya Ryokan for sending me beautiful bookmarks as a token of appreciation for my complementary books.
The sent of the bookmarks remindes me of the eletance of Kyoto. I displayed them in my glass shelf so that I can see them anytime.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
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November 20th, 4:00 p.m. PST (Nov. 21, 9:00 a.m. JST), I participated in Friday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson. I presented bilingual Tanka reading from the still-holding-autumn-leaves cherry blossom trees avenue in Aoyama, Tokyo. |
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The main part of this meeting was a powerful reading by Mr. William Galasso from his latest collection "LEGACY", and I was deeply impressed by his presentation. |
Friday, November 20, 2020
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November 12th, 4:00 p.m. PST (Nov. 13, 9:00 a.m. JST), I participated in Thursday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson from Hakuba Goryu area in Nagano Prefecture. I introduced beautiful scenery of mountains in late autumn, and performed reading of my new Tanka sequence. |
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I also shared my short sky-tour video on paraglider, which I experienced the day before for the first time in my life. |
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It was definitely a memorable meeting for me to get in touch with overseas fellow members' unique artistic expressions of pictures, images, poetry and flute play through the Internet, while I being surrounded by the Japanese mountains in autumn to winter season. |
Monday, November 16, 2020
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November 4th, 4:00 p.m. PST (Nov. 5, 9:00 a.m. JST), I participated in Wednesday Poetry Zoom Meeting from Inokashira Park which locates near my house, and performed reading of my Japanese & English Tanka and my new Tanka sequence. |
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Ms. Chrissi Villa, an Editor of Ribbons, a poetry journal of Tanka Society of America, participated in the meeting. Together with the other fellow members, we exchanged artistic expressions. It was a precious time for me. |
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I am glad that everyone enjoyed the tasteful autumn park where Mr. & Mrs. Wilson and Ms. Deborah P. Kolodji visited before. |
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
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October 28 4:00 p.m. PST (Oct. 29 8:00 a.m. Japan Time), I participated in Wednesday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson. This time, I was in Kumobaike in Karuizawa, one of the famous resort in Japan, surrounded by autumn leaves and performed reading of new Tanka sequence. |
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Although it was my first trial to attend the meeting from the outside via a smart phone, it worked out better than I imagined. I was glad that all the fellow members appreciated my performance. |
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Thursday, October 29, 2020
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October 21 4:00 p.m. PST (Oct. 22 8:00 a.m. Japan Time), I participated in Wednesday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson, and performed reading of new and short Tanka sequence. |
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As autumn is the best season for arts, each participants presented their unique and creative paintings, pictures, music and poems. The meeting of 2 hours and a half was very meaningful time for me. |
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I would like to thank for everyone. |
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This is the hanging scroll of calligraphy written by my late grandfather, Masashi Tanaka 88 years ago. It shows a part of "Hyoya-no-Uta" (or "Hisago-no-Uta") created by Touko Fujita. My grandfather was a scientist and calligraphy was his hobby. After he passed away, our relatives made it the scroll. The calligraphy was written when he temporarily left the company to his subordinate due to health problem. I heard that my grandfather was saying he could not write as good as he expected. I sincerely hope that he allows his granddaughter displays the scroll after all these years. |
Friday, October 23, 2020
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