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.

TSA Ribbons Fall/Winter 2025:Vol 21 No.2

Thank you so so much, Dearest Susan Weaver, Michael L. Harvey!

In particular, I am extremely honored that the editors have kindly included on page 120 an introduction to Tan-Ku's Online Magazine, KIZUNA, a new form of poetry that Deborah P Kolodji and I have invented.
Thank you very much!!

Dearest Kathabela Wilson , Thank you so much for Sending this wonderful issue!

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Tanka Hangout: Self-Discovery

elegies
for my mother -
opening
the overseas door
on tanka reading

Mariko Kitakubo, Tokyo, Japan

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Selected Tanka

unfamiliar the name
of the station ...
here I realize
death is also a part
of our journey

Mariko Kitakubo, Tokyo, Japan