Publicized in Tanka Society of America: Mariko Kitakubo

Tanka Sequences　"The Great Door"

please
don't set out for
your last trip...
it's snowing
like approaching shadow

opening
the great door
of astronomy --
I close my eyes
to hear your voice

cardiogram
the waves
in my heart
keep working
ignoring the accident

at the market
among the purple grapes
a few
young green ones ...
thinking about my son

Tanka-Cafe; Theme "The Shadow of things"

shadow
on the leaf mold--
ancestral
gene awake
in my silhouette

2 pieces of my tanka are posted on TSA Ribbons Fall 2014 Vol 10, Number 3.

Tanka Cafe ; Theme "Birds and Birding"

emptiness
of the pigeon nest--
weak rain
makes me calm
in spite of radiation

Selected Tanka

layers
of ancient stones
so cool
on my bare feet--
after we all cease to be...

The Theme; Color

whiteness
of the lilies...
they don't need
to express their love
just stand as they are

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