Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo.

Colorado Boulevard.net posted my writing and English tanka in its Poets Salon: Masked Beauty.

Mariko Kitakubo

"our lives
generation to generation
where will we go?
a small hand gives me
a sea blue facemask"

My son's family brought my grandson to my home. He is 3 years old. He said "Here you are, Grandma!"

I saw a beautiful ocean blue facemask in a sweet small hand.
Daughter-in-law felt when she found this at the shop. Oh, this is for Mother, Mariko's color Thank you so much my dearest young family.

I am sure that the reason why I love that color, is because our ancestors came from the ocean.

It's wonderful and mysterious.
generation to generation we keep our lives 37 hundred million years ago.
and from now, where will we go , if are able to survive this crisis. Then I realized that this gift was given, July 11, the date of death of my mother.

"do you go
in search of your mother
ocean
my lost earring
was lagoon blue"

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