Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo.

Mariko Kitakubo Profile

Mariko Kitakubo

Born in Tokyo.
Living in Mitaka-city, Tokyo
Membership
Japan Writers' Association,
Japan PEN Club,
Association of Contemporary Tanka Poets,
Japan Tanka Poets' Society,
Kokoro-No-Hana,
Tan-Ku Co-Founder,
Tanka Society of America.

In commemoration of
15 years of tanka reading
The Latest Tanka Sequence
Original Tanka presented at
Spoken World Live

Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo. Article details.

Heliosparrow Poetry Journal posted Tan-Ku created by Ms. Kathabela Wilson and me

Dear Mr. Richard Gilbert, Thank you so much for publishing our Tan-Ku tribute to Deborah P Kolodj by Kathabela and me in your online Journal, Heliosparrow.

The time I used to make Tan-Ku while communicating with Debbie every day via messenger feels far away, and my sadness has never subsided. The years (almost 17 years) I spent with her are the treasures of my life.

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Melody

creaking
of the bridge,
stream sounds ...
miss you so
in the reflections (M)

a flute plays
in the same garde
your voice (K)

Mariko Kitakubo, Kathabela Wilson (Tan-Ku)