“Learning to ignore things is one of the great paths to inner peace ” Robert J. Sawyer
Monthly Archives: March 2020
Shamelessly written by Genie Nakano at Spillwords.com
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Spillwords.com presents: Shamelessly, written by Genie Nakano – I was born in Boyle Heights, CA… known as the barrios of East L.A. Source: Shamelessly written by Genie Nakano at Spillwords.com
Bodhisattva
At night our little black dog snuggles between us lies on his back and snores loudly snip, brush, snip around his furry face Bodhi loves it all tilts his head way back crooning to the moon Bodhisattva means, Buddha in training…’ they say all good dogs go to heaven I hope to meet him thereContinue reading “Bodhisattva”
Akiko Yosano #2
Akiko is my favorite tanka poet. Her tanka were bold, sensuous and controversial. Here is my tanka in honor of Akiko and below it are examples of her tanka from the book “Tangled Hair.” They were chosen randomly. The book is excellent and has 165 of her tanka, notes and her biography. Akiko wrote 50Continue reading “Akiko Yosano #2”
Toto
Rainbow
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playing in the rainthe rain plays with meopening my mouthI taste the sky7 flavors of rainbow Photo: G. Nakano, circa 2000 Tired of chasing rainbowsjust want to be a rainbow
Genie Nakano 