Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo.

Mariko Kitakubo Profile

Mariko Kitakubo

Born in Tokyo.
Living in Mitaka-city, Tokyo
Membership
Japan Writers' Association,
Japan PEN Club,
Association of Contemporary Tanka Poets,
Japan Tanka Poets' Society,
Kokoro-No-Hana,
Tan-Ku Co-Founder,
Tanka Society of America.

In commemoration of
15 years of tanka reading
The Latest Tanka Sequence
Original Tanka presented at
Spoken World Live

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Sept. 29, Report on tanka Reading in Rorschach, Switzerland

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Sept. 29, 2015

At Ehemaliges Kloster Mariaberg, Rorschach, Switzerland.

It was my first Tanka reading peformance in Switzerland.
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With Ms. Ruth Zuckschwerdt, who made a lot of efforts to make this performance come ture.

Dear Ruth, thank you very much for everything!
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Audience in the front row passionately listened to our performance.  

I am very glad that many others came to this event.
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We spent some time for a pleasant talk after the performance.
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With Ms.Valeria Barouch.

She has been interested in my reading performance and recitation activities in and out of Japan.

This time, she listened to my reading while taking video of my perfromance so that it can be used in her poetry & literature group to get to know more about Tanka.

I am very happy about it.
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I was very, very happy that many people of different ages, from students to retirees, came to the performance.

The ceiling is covered with the colorful paintings of biblical stories.

I was very honored to be able to perform my reading in the historical building from the 15th century.