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

Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo. Article details.

Tanka Society of America Ribbons Vol,5 Spring 2009

Selected Tanka

invisible
a lyrebird is crying
abandon
abandon
the world of mankind
(Previously published in Japanese in Kadokawa Tanka Sept.2005)

comparing
tones of the wind chimes--
gently
a blue butterfly
brushes my earlobe