Publicized in Tanka Society of America: Mariko Kitakubo

Selected tanka

Hiroshima
a linden tree shelters
dead children...
cicada songs
surround me

Tanka Cafe

it was
my son’s favorite...
finding
the last pistachio,
the old parfait glass

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floating lanterns
on the Motoyasu river
in Hiroshima ...
foster Mother
of so many bodies

Tanka Cafe. Theme ; Novels 

blue sky 
or mushroom clouds, 
the last view 
of our future 
Saint-Exupery 

 

Selected tanka 

long sacred sleep 
in the wooden drawer ... 
does he waken 
when I wind it 
great -grandpa's watch

 

Rerponsive Tanka 

Hiking at Coyote Wall 
Mariko Kitakubo & Margaret Chula 

 wind, sunshine 
a meadowlark's song 
in the endless sky 
I become invisible 
at the edge of heaven 
(Mariko) 

growing profusely 
along the rocky trail 
clumps of poison oak 
the Japanese poet wears 
rubber boots and latex gloves
(Margaret ) 

when I saw 
Mt. Hood from the hillside
remembering Fukushima
can they survive radiation
yellow wildflowers?
(Mariko) 

 here and there
cricket sounds
from the tall grasses
laughter of women
as they pass around chocolate
(Margaret ) 

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