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      April 8, 2024Deborah P. Kolodji, Mariko KitakuboHubris

      through
      the distorted
      glass
      he smiles to me
      from the white limousine
       
       
      blue green shimmers
      a peacock struts
      his stuff

      from #83 – Collaboration

      Mariko Kitakubo & Deborah P. Kolodji

      “We started writing ‘tan-ku’ sequences and sets during the pandemic when neither of us could travel. Mariko is a tanka poet and I am a haiku poet. We started having poetic conversations via Facebook Messenger where Mariko would write a tanka and I would respond with a haiku and vice versa, often at odd hours due to the time zone differences between Tokyo and Los Angeles. Some of these poems are only two verses, but others are six, and sometimes more. We were born the same year and have common experiences, but also cultural differences which has been a learning experience for both of us. We have found that sometimes our poems take unexpected turns.”