Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo. Reading Performance.
Tanka reading performance oveseas.
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October 11 at 4:30 p.m., PST (Oct. 12 at 8:30 a.m., Japan Time), I participated in Zoom Reading Event presided at by Ms. Maja Trochimczyk and performed reading of my English Tanka sequence "Borderless Prayer," which was published in "WE ARE HERE: VILLAGE POETS ANTHOLOGY". |
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It was their 10th Anniversary of their virtual event, and I was very honored to be a part of the event together with the other poets whose poems were published in the same anthology. |
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Below is the quote from their website: FLINTRIDGE BOOKSTORE PRESENTS VIRTUAL CELEBRATION OF 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF VILLAGE POETS READINGS. WE ARE HERE: VILLAGE POETS ANTHOLOGY MAJA TROCHIMCZYK & MARLENE HITT, EDITORS |
Monday, October 12, 2020
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September 23, 4:00 p.m., U.S. time (Sept. 24, 8:00 p.m., Japan time), I participated in Wednesday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson, and performed reading of "Wish List", which is a Haiku & Tanka sequence I composed with an English Haiku poet, Ms. Deborah P. Kolodji just a night before the meeting. |
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Composing sequence with Ms. Deborah is an irreplaceable joy because we inspire each other through an invisible rainbow between her in California and me in tokyo. |
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In addition to flute play by Mr. Rick Wilson and paintings by Mr. Robert Stewart, I was inspired by the photos of mural paintings Ms. Deborah took in Santa Fe by chance. It was a very rich and artistic time. |
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020
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September 16, 4:00 p.m., U.S. time (Sept. 17 8:00 a.m., Japan time), I participated in Wednesday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson. I performed reading the latest Haiku & Tanka sequence, "Tilt of the Earth", which Ms. Deborah P Kolodji and I composed together. I am glad that everybody enjoyed it. |
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In this meeting, I had an opportunity to get in touch with different ways of expression such as a collaboration of art and poetry, music performance, and paintings. All of them inspired me a lot. It was a precious time for me. |
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I would like to thank all the participants. I am looking forward to seeing you all next week. |
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
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September 9, 4:00 p.m., U.S. time (Sept. 10, 8:00 a.m., Japan time), I participated in Wednesday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson, and performed reading of tanka sequence with some new pieces about life and the transmigrations of soul. |
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Although I was able to participate in today's meeting due to my personal reason, I was very glad that the members enjoyed my presentation. |
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The photos of me performing were taken by Ms. Kathabela Wilson. |
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Wednesday, September 9, 2020
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September 8, 7 p.m., U.S. time (Sept. 9, 11 a.m., Japan time), I participated in online event of The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes in which Ms. Teresa Mei Chuc was featured, and I performed reading as an open-mic speaker. |
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Ms. Teresa Mei Chuc offered me a great help when I published my sixth anthology, "INDIGO" from Shabda Press in 2016. I really appreciate the efforts she made for me. |
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I am honored to be able to listen to Ms. Teresa's impressively powerful poems. |
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* My pictures were taken by Ms. Kathabela Wilson. |
Wednesday, September 9, 2020
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September 2, 4:00 p.m., U.S. time (Sept. 3, 8:00 a.m., Japan time), I participated in Wednesday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson, and performed bilingual reading of my tanka sequence "The traveler" in Japanese and in English. |
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Being inspired by the fellow members' poems and artistic expressions, I was able to spend meaningful time. |
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Monday, September 7, 2020
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August 29, 4:00 p.m., U.S. time (Aug.30, 8 a.m., Japan time), the publication event of Mr. Rick Lupert's new poetry book, "The Tokyo Van Nuys Express", was live-streamed. |
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For this event, I was offered to perform reading of "Distance 2020" together with Ms. Deborah P. Kolodji. |
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In the Zoom event video, our performance starts at 09:20 after the opening and lasts for about 5 minutes. |
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I hope you enjoy it. Please watch the video from here! |
Thursday, September 3, 2020
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August 26, 4:45 p.m., U.S. time (Aug. 27 8:45 a.m., Japan time), I participated in Wednesday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson. |
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In this meeting, I met a Haiku poet who recently started creating Tanka for the first time. I performed reading of my latest Tanka sequence, wishing to introduce the beauty of Tanka to her. I was glad that she enjoyed my performance. Her Tanka was so good that it was hard to believe she started Tanka recently. I once again realized that it is not really the years one has spent for writing poems, but the depth of emotion one has been cultivating as well as one's sense that determins the quality of poems. |
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I was also impressed by Mr. Rick Wilson's flute and Mr. Robert Stewart's paintings. |
Monday, August 31, 2020
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The Zoom Reading event "Village poets of Sunland & Tujunga" which was presided at by Ms. Maja Trochimczyk took place on August 23, 4:30 p.m., U.S. time (Aug. 24, 8:30 a.m., Japan time). |
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Last time I attended this event as one of the featured performers, and this time, as an open mic reading performer. Attendants' works, especially the ones presented by the two featured poets, were so impressive and inspired me a lot. |
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I performed reading while playing percussion some pieces from the Tanka sequence, "The Traveler", which was created upon the request by Kadokawa Shoten for the 2018 November isssue of its monthly magazine, "Tanka". I express sincere gratitude toward Dearest Maya and all the attendants to the event! |
Monday, August 24, 2020
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August 19, 4:45 p.m., U.S. time (Aug. 20, 8:45 a.m., Japan time), I participated in Wednesday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson. |
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Same as last week, the theme of my reading was about Africa. I selected some other pieces from the Tanka sequence I created during my trip to Africa, and performed reading both in Japanese and in English. |
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I am glad that the fellow members enjoyed my performance. Thank you very much. |
Thursday, August 20, 2020
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