Genie Nakano

Before We Knew~~Tanka Response No. 15 2024

Genie Nakano and Linda Singer take me backto the time when we ranover river rockswith out any fears of fallingwe were flying freedrain my heartand wring it dryof paincatch the dew dropsfrom my bloommy promisethere is always morea night flowerdisappears with the dawnreborn again with the moonthe rainfrom shadowed cloudsall night and daymy love of…

Barefoot traveler stepping through a forest stream among moss and ferns

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Genie Nakano and Linda Singer

take me back
to  the time when we ran
over river rocks
with out any fears of falling
we were flying free

drain my heart
and wring it dry
of pain
catch the dew drops
from my bloom

my promise
there is always more
a night flower
disappears with the dawn
reborn again with  the  moon

the rain
from shadowed clouds
all  night and day
my  love of self
gone away

barefoot again
I step into the stream
the child
I thought I'd lost
waiting on the other side.

Genie Nakano and Linda Singer,
revised  August 25,  2026
Originally Published in INTERNATIONAL TANKA
No. 15    2024
Aya Yuki Publisher.

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