Publicized in Tanka Society of America: Mariko Kitakubo

Tanka Cafe Theme :Summer

I am stabbed
by your soft eyes
in this summer
of Lyre and ocean
singing in turn

Editor's Selected Tanka

I expect
nothing in return
for this love
of transparent indigo
deeper than the ocean

Tanka Cafe Theme: Newness

thinking of the day
I leaned about
the supernova---
from a chill distance,
notification of my disease

Selected Tanka

what you 're saying
in my favorite voice
is blown
from your lips
by the salty breeze

I wish
I could be reborn
a loquat tree ---
then I would not
love you so much

"RIBBONS" Tanka Society of America Journal Tanka Cafe Theme: Leafless Autumn

how dazzling ---
beyond the horizon
are those who
never return to me, you
and the breeze from our summer

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