the fragrance of freshly mowed grass summer in winter a backyard barefoot walk healing with each step I tell myself tomorrow will be good today a present in the mail, from me to me spring green on silk chiffon my doctors gone for two whole weeks I must call my own powers harness the sunContinue reading “a Healing~~tanka”
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Spring ~~Haiku
Mom pushes me out of the womb Spring Breeze genie nakano, 3/23/22
Haiku Spring
today 2 doctors appointmentsI keep feeling spring genie nakano
Seduction~~verse
Memories…of smoke filled rooms,beladi rhythms on tabla drumsheavy beaded crystal costumestwirling into the nightwe danced for seduction…hungry for those hundred dollar tips. Genie Nakano, March 12, 2022
Matcha~~tanka
green matcha tea strong and bitter I drink for my health now I crave the taste. Genie Nakano, March 12, 2022
Today Spoken World Live….
Haiku Presentation with Genie Nakano
Haiku Workshop with Genie Nakano…
… a tanka
chatter chatter chat the magpie in my head open the cage set it free there is so little time… Genie Nakano Published in Self- Portrait Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology Michael H. Lester, editor
How to write Haiku 101: ID51286
a zoom class!! You can wear your pajamas. February 24, March 10, 2022, El Camino College Community Education (310) 660-6460, CommEd@elcamino.edu Learn the art of Haiku! Unlock your inner Zen, your sense of humor, and your depth of creativity, by learning to write, short-form wonders. In this 3-part workshop taught by author writer Genie Nakano,Continue reading “How to write Haiku 101: ID51286”
Genie Nakano 