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.

Aug. 13, 2011 At Camberra, Australia

performance_2011_08_13_01.jpg Aug. 13, 2011. Ms. Lorna Sim, a photographer who visited my reading performance in Camberra, Australia, was highly interested in my reading and "Hamon", the sound instrument I use when I do reading performance.

She took beautiful pictures! Please view the photos on her album!
performance_2011_08_13_02.jpg Aug. 13, 2011. Participated in tanka workshop hosted by Ms. Kathy Kituai at God's HR Cafe in Australian National University.
performance_2011_08_13_03.jpg Together with Ms. Beverley George, the editor of "Eucalypt", we performed reading of tanka poems that each of us created.
performance_2011_08_13_04.jpg I was interviewed by Ms. Kathy Kituai and Ms. Beverley George about Japanese - English bilingual tanka.
performance_2011_08_13_05.jpg I explained attendees about Okinawa Peace & Antiwar Festival in Itoman-city, in which I participate every year.