Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo. Tanka Society of America.
My Tanka publicized in Tanka Society of America.
I am very honored that two pieces of my English tanka were selected among many entries and posted in TSA Member's Anthology 2017.
Especially, I am deeply grateful to Ms. Margaret Dornaus and Mr. David Terelinck, the two selectors, because they understood and appreciated my intent and the theme of these two pieces. These pieces are not limeted to my personal emotion. I tried to focus on the world's peace while taking the form of tanka - a style of short poems.
more than
70 years ago--
the blood
of my parents
of my grandparents
dark fog
is crawling near
my ankles
Hiroshima, Nagasaki,
Fukushima and . . .
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Mariko Kitakubo wrote: "We had such sweet memories. She invited me to Gualala, and I visited to read my tanka at her Jazz Festival Reading event in April, 2009. She was invited to the Japan PEN club conference in September, 2010 and I brought her to Hakone."
misty lake Ashi
like a dream --
our tea cups
still there?
foot of Mt. Fuji
after Hakone
you wept for joy ...
I miss you so
at the same hotel
in order your favorite tea
Above is the memorial statement for Ms. Jane Reichhold
and my tanka posted in TSA.
Please
don't bring your children
offshore at Fukusima --
in the Summer reflections
so many dead eyes
Tanka Cafe, TSA Ribbons Spring/Summer 2016 Vol.12 No.9
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