Publicized in Tanka Society of America: Mariko Kitakubo

Tanka Cafe：the theme of "visiting"

as her death anniversary nears,
I sit beside my memories--
through the evening
the lovely voice
of a tsukutsuku cicada

Selecded Tanka

finding solace
in the impossible
here I am
in a bubble bath
perfumed with green forest

Autumn,
a sobbing violin--
when night falls
oh, Mother,please
let me weep

Tanka Cafe Theme：Separation

I will go and put
all my cherished recollections
into the ocean
where masses of hondawara
seaweed is floating

Selecded Tanka

the aquarium
when closed to the public
falls silent
and the bream sleep
with their eyes wide open

Selected Tanka

invisible
a lyrebird is crying
abandon
abandon
the world of mankind
(Previously published in Japanese in Kadokawa Tanka Sept.2005)

comparing
tones of the wind chimes--
gently
a blue butterfly
brushes my earlobe

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