Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo. Article details.
TSA Ribbons Volume 7 Number 3 Fall 2011
Tanka Cafe -- Theme; Illusion
are drips
of happiness
joined together
by silver fingers
behind the galaxy?
Selected Tanka
the warmth
of my father drifted away
never to return
like smoke
from an incense stick
the door
is still closed--
I, a deserted child
remain
in the darkness