Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo.

The following Tanka Sequence "Lament" was published in TSA Ribbons Spring/Summer 2025:Vol 21 No.1 along with an introduction to the Tan-Ku Online Magazine KIZUNA.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the editor, Susan Weaver, for devoting her precious space to it. Thank you very much.

Lament

Mariko Kitakubo, Tokyo, Japan

- for Deborah P Kolodji -

from the other side
of the cosmic noise
what?
I faded out,
repeating No..

not knowing
if it's true or not
I float
in the air,
drifting for a few days

what is time?
the coldness
of rocks
left behind
by rapids

still
searching for Debbie
I get lost
in the crowded festival
that is this world

longing
is always
lonely sky
remnants of fireworks
...darkness

Note: The poet's new online tan-ku journal, Kizuna (Bonds), dedicated to Deborah P Kolodji, is open for submissions. Read it at https://www.en.kitakubo.com/index.php/category/tan-ku_association

Ribbons - Spring/Summer 2025 -70

The following work was published in the Tanka Hangout theme The Five Senses in TSA Ribbons Spring/Summer 2025:Vol 21 No.1.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the editor, Ken Slaughter.Thank you so much.

what is
the border
between
real and dream...
voice of the deceased

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