Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo.

On August 30, 2024, I attended Ms. Deborah P Kolodji's funeral and recited the Tan-Ku sequences and Tan-Ku sets that I had compiled with her, as well as the Tanka Sequences in memory of her, in Japanese and English.

I am very honored to have been able to attend the wake the previous day and today's important ceremony like a member of Deborah's family, my soul mate.

On August 30, 2024, At the ceremony after the funeral. I presented reading to many of the guests invited.