Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo. Reading Performance.
Tanka reading performance oveseas.
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December 29th, 4:00 p.m. PST (Dec. 30th, 9:00 a.m. JST), I participated in the last Wednesday Poetry Zoom Meeting of this year presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson. I performed a reading of my English tanka including some impromptu pieces. Although we are still under the threat of continuing Covid-19, I feel that my 2021 has been protected by bright sunshine derived from the efforts to move forward together with my fellow artists. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all my fellow members. |
Thursday, December 30, 2021
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December 26th, 4:00 p.m. PST (Dec. 27th, 9:00 a.m. JST), I participated in the Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson, which was called at the last minute. I presented a piece of my tanka which I created remembering the NSW Christmas Bush tree I planted 14 years ago in Australia in service. I heard that the tree I named "SAKI" is growing well and tall. |
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*Christmas Bush is a tall shrub from Australia also known as the New South Wales Christmas bush Photo by Ms. Bevereley George. |
Monday, December 27, 2021
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December 22nd, 4:00 p.m. PST (Dec. 23rd, 9:00 a.m. JST), I participated in the Wednesday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson, and performed reading together with Ms. Deborah P Kolodji of our latest English tanka-haiku sequence. |
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It was our 20th sequence, and I was very glad that everyone enjoyed it. |
Thursday, December 23, 2021
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December 21st, 7:30 p.m. PST (Dec. 22nd, 12:30 p.m. JST), I participated in the Cobalt Poets Reading presided at by Mr. Rick Lupart. The event featured my dear friend, English haiku poet Ms. Deborah P Kolodji, and I truly enjoyed a very rich time. I was also fortunate to have an opportunity to perform a reading of our latest Christmas-themed English tanka and English haiku sequence, "Tis the season." I would like to express my sincere thanks to Mr. Rick Lupert. |
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
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December 15th, 4:00 p.m. PST (Dec. 16th, 9:00 a.m. JST), I participated in the Wednesday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson. This time, I joined the meeting from the Shinkansen platform at Tokyo Station before leaving for a short trip. |
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Although it was a short time, I was fortunate to have had an opportunity to present my new English tanka reading to my dear poetry friends who I know for a long time. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who always accepts my participation with warmth and joy. |
Thursday, December 16, 2021
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November 24th, 4:00 p.m. PST (Nov. 25th, 9:00 a.m. JST), I participated in the Wednesday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson, and performed reading of some tanka poems including my latest ones I composed this morning. I am very grateful for the opportunity to communicate with the other members through poetry, as we have not been able to travel freely for a long time due to the Corona pandemic. For the first half of the meeting, I attended from the terrace under clear skies, and for the second half, I moved into the Japanese-style room to avoid the sunshine. |
Thursday, November 25, 2021
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November 17th, 4:00 p.m. PST (Nov. 18th, 9:00 a.m. JST), I participated in the Wednesday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson. I presented a reading of my new English tanka sequence as well as a piece of tanka about Ikebana, flowers that I arranged in a shallow vase. I was glad that members enjoyed my reading. As always so, I was inspired by every participant's presentation of poetry and music. Thank you all for an enriching time. |
Thursday, November 18, 2021
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November 3rd, 4:00 p.m. PDT (Nov. 4th, 8:00 a.m. JST), I participated in the Wednesday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson. I performed a reading of "Halloween Night" - the latest English Haiku & Tanka sequence that Ms. Deborah P Kolodji and I created together. Every participant presented creative works filled with the sense of the season, and I was able to spend a rich and inspiring time with them. Ms. Kathabela Wilson posted in her FaceBook account. Quote: "Amazing reading by Mariko Kitakubo and Deborah P Kolodji a epoch reading for Halloween!; wonderful sequence full of heart. And much more!!" Thank you for all. |
Thursday, November 4, 2021
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October 21st, 1:00 p.m. PDT (Oct. 22nd, 5:00 a.m. JST), I participated in the Thursday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson. |
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I was very glad that the members enjoyed my reading performance of English tanka with two kinds of Hamon-on. Mr. Rick Wilson presented the meeting his Shakuhachi performance, and I was able to spend an enriching time in the early morning of an autumn day. |
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To all the participants, thank you very much. |
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After the meeting, Ms. Kathabela Wilson shared on SNS a wonderful & thoughtful comment on my performance. I would like to send my sincere gratitude toward Ms. K. Wilson. "Mariko Kitakubo so graceful and musical caries hopefulness of the future, tanka words like a magical cure." (text & photo by Ms. Kathabela Wilson.) |
Friday, October 22, 2021
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October 15th, 5:00 p.m. PDT (Oct. 16th, 9:00 a.m. JST), I participated in the Friday Poetry Zoom Meeting presided at by Ms. Kathabela Wilson, from the Hakuba Goryu Petit hotel ASSAM where I stayed. |
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Mr. Hiroshi Onoue, the owner of the hotel, is a member of "Kokoro no Hana", and I have known his wife for a long time. I am very grateful to him for his kindness in allowing me to access to Zoom Meeting from inside of the hotel. |
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In the meeting, I presented a reading of my new English tanka sequence themed on my paragliding experience in Hakuba, Nagano Pref., Japan. I was honored that the members enjoyed my performance. |
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Saturday, October 16, 2021
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