Originally posted on Genie Nakano:
this tanka response will be published in November, 2022 in Better than Starbucks on line…check it out. A wonderful on line journal with an array of different styles of poetry and stories. We are proud to be there! Floating on Air Kampai the only Nihongo I know brings the clang…
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Thich Nhat Hanh~~teachings on love
Originally posted on Genie Nakano:
Photo by Genie Nakano. ….if a monk practices love meditation even if only for the length of time it takes to snap one’s fingers, he will not fail in meditative concentration. There is no greater virtue than practicing love meditation everyday. From the book, ‘Teachings on Love’ Thich Nhat Hanh…
Center front
often, it’s the things right in front of us we can’t find…
i am…
spilling hope . . .
Hope Fear Love
Starlight
my husband had two strokessometimes he doesn’t understandmy wordschatter chatter chattermetaphors are a challenge it’s hard on meyou have changed, I saymy patiencebalancing on a thin wireI practice walking on clouds only in darknesscan we see stars shinewelcome the night…words my husband spoke to mewhen we were young genie nakano Starlight will be published inContinue reading “Starlight”
Time… a tanka
my favorite timeto meditate before the dawndark mysterious eyes open to day Genie Nakano, 1 . 18 . 23
poetry fest~~new book~~Wings on a Silk Veil
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. I’M COMING OUT WITH A NEW BOOK ….Book opening…. April 29, 20023, Sat. 2 – 4 More Later…
Nothings Solid ~~free verse/tanka
Molecules spacing outWider, longer, deeper –into airlight and sound go through meI am invisibleyet I am herecan you hear melike the windthat can’t be seenonly it’s effectsthe rustle of grassleaves dancing in treesinside mea tsunami crashingwhite rabbitsfrolicking on the foamnothing is solidspace wider, longer, deeperI, no longera woman, a humanjust space spacious spacebeyond skyspacing out…GenieContinue reading “Nothings Solid ~~free verse/tanka”
His story…
A long time ago…perhaps 20 years ago this little hummingbird sat in my dance studio here is his portrait and story. I had just finished rehearsing my solo dance when I heard a little peep, peep. I thought it was a sound coming from my speakers– so I searched and searched — looked up andContinue reading “His story…”
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