Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo. Article details.
Three Tan-Ku sets are posted in Shot Glass Journal
Shot Glass Journal, an internet magazine, posted 3 Tank sets.
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About Tan-Ku
Tan-ku is a collaborative form we developed where one poet writes a tanka and the other poet answers with a haiku, or vice versa.
Beach in Malaysia
by Deborah P Kolodji and Mariko Kitakubo
grey skies
the blues inside
me (D)
running
through rainforest
to the cove
accompanied by lightning
and a rainbow (M)
Forecast
by Deborah P Kolodji and Mariko Kitakubo
early twilight
the angry voices
next door (D)
darkness is hiding
under children's brims
tomorrow
will be a sunny day. . .
after the war (M)
Wings
by Deborah P Kolodji and Mariko Kitakubo
milkweed in bloom
a caterpillar hidden
under a leaf (D)
who can
recognize me
the joy
or loss—
metamorphosis (M)
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