cutting my foot
on a tree-root
I felt
the desolation of Descartes
slowly slide into me
for whom then
did I blossom?
I cast my gaze
over the light and shade
of the distant past
a warm teardrop
as I waken
from the dream
of being held back
from the brink of a cliff
as if
falling down
into the galaxy,
I would fall
into your heart
dipping my toes
into the blue water
of the inlet,
I felt my body
surge with life
Mariko Kitakubo is a poet who lives in Tokyo. A member of the
Association of Contemporary Tanka Poets and the Kokoronohana Tanka
Society, Kitakubo is active in writing and performing. To date she has
published the following tanka collections: I Want to Tell You in the
Words of Waves (1999, Artland); When the Music Stops (2002,
Nagarami Shobo); Will (2005, Kadokawa Shoten); and On This Same Star.
Mariko Kitakubo is a poet who lives in Tokyo. A member of the
Association of Contemporary Tanka Poets and the Kokoronohana Tanka
Society, Kitakubo is active in writing and performing. To date she has
published the following tanka collections: I Want to Tell You in the
Words of Waves (1999, Artland); When the Music Stops (2002,
Nagarami Shobo); Will (2005, Kadokawa Shoten); and On This Same Star.