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.

May 14, 2011 At San Jose, California

 

performance_2011_05_14_01.jpg I performed tanka reading before the audience of about 20 people at the Tea Hose Event of Yuki Teikei Haiku on May 14th, in San Jose CA, USA.

Some of the attendants purchased my tanka reading CD. I am very glad to know that English speaking poets are interested in the sound of Japanese tanka.
I really think how lucky I have been to be given opportunities to do reading overseas more than 30 times to date.
performance_2011_05_14_02.jpg I would like to continue reading, keeping in mind respect toward the literature created by different cultures, languages and historical backgrounds.