Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo.

Village Poets' anthology, "We Are Here: Village Poetry Anthology" posted my English Tanka sequence "Borderless Prayer".

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Borderless Prayer

rhythm of
dripping water
midnight--
when did it
turn to crimson?

overseas events
are cancelled
but our hope
won't die young
rainbow above the ocean

finding
a tiny light...
when
I rise up against
the disappointment

let's not
search for someone
to blame
we were born 
to help each other

making
a spring wreath
of pansy
yellow, purple, white...
survived winter

without
color, language,
nationality...
another world
in the reflection of water

go back
to god's territory
like when
we were born
to see honesty

before
our endless
sleep
we can spread
our wings, again

tears
are meaningless
use the time
for pure
borderless prayer

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