Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo. Article details.
June 2025, the 2nd Tan-Ku collection launch event in California
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At the Poetry Meeting hosted by Kathabela Wilson at Storrier Stearns Japanese Garden. |
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I held a Tan-Ku Workshop with Kathabela Wilson at a Zoom Meeting of the Southern California Haiku Study Group, led by Yvette Kolodji. |
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We gathered with Deborah P Kolodji's relatives at the Graveyard and read from her Japanese-English tanka series and the second Tan-Ku collection, ETERNAL. |
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I participated in the Zoom Meeting Cobalt Poets hosted by Rick Lupert and gave a reading of Tan-Ku. |
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I participated in a Zoom Meeting hosted by Michael Czarnecki and gave a reading of Tan-Ku. |
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I gave a reading of a new series of Japanese-English tanka sequence at Susan Dobay's studio. |
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I recited from the second Tan-Ku collection, ETERNAL, at a poetry meeting held at Kathabela Wilson's house. |
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I held a reading to celebrate the publication of the second Tan-Ku collection, ETERNAL, at the Japanese garden in Pasadena. It was a great honor to have such a large audience. |
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I held a reading to celebrate the publication of the second Tan-Ku collection, ETERNAL, at the First Baptist Church Pasadena. I am deeply grateful to the many people in the poetry world and church members who came to the event and listened to me with tears in their eyes. |