Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo. Article details.
I participated in Hiroshima Day Commemoration Reading event
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On August 6 at 3:00 pm PST (August 7 at 7:00 am JST), Mr. Rick Lupert, a poet, hosted the Hiroshima Day Zoom reading event. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Mr. Lupert for selecting me as one of the four performers, including the organizer, for the event. I put my heart and soul into my Japanese-English tanka reading performance to deliver my message beyond the language. Mr. Lupert's poems about his experience in Hiroshima were so moving that I almost shed tears. The songs & guitar performances by Ms. Cantor Aviva Rosenbloom and Mr. Joel Siegel were truly soul-stirring and inspirational. It was a deep and intense time that made me realize once again that there are no national borders in our hearts for peace and prayers to appease the precious souls that took away from us. Thank you all for this precious time. |
Please watch the event video on Facebook.
Hiroshima Day Commemoration and Reading from The Tokyo-Van Nuys Express
Although the video froze for a while in the middle of my performance, the audience commented that they could feel the spirit of the reading from the audio alone. In a sense, it was an unintended experimental effect for me.
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