into the burning light we dance into timelessness…Genie and Dean
Category Archives: feminism/women
Pointing to the Moon
Once upon a time I was in a dancer’s body high kicks and splits on the count of one two three finger pointing to the moon tell it like it is rheumatoid sets in with carbon steel hips the cards fall this way now deal at the airport my hip replacement triggers alarms so muchContinue reading “Pointing to the Moon”
walking this earth~~ Dream haibun
Recently, I was in a haiku/workshop/convention. One workshops was about including dreams in haiku. Since I have a 40 year journey of writing my dreams down I finally found something to do with them. I wrote dreams down searching for answers in my 20’s and 30’s. I gave up on answers but continued writing themContinue reading “walking this earth~~ Dream haibun”
fifteen~~tanka
at fifteen buying cigarettes hooked for half a century, from ashes phoenix rise
ghosts
a ghost from my childhoodstill haunts me,loneliness manifestsany time any place genie nakano, june 30, 2022
be positive.
I am in a stressful moment–many problems pending. . . Sunday meditation i see dominos falling one domino after another one worry after another blown away I sit up vacuum & sweep the floors Genie Nakano, June 12,2022
Hard to imagine~~~tanka and prose
Wilderness~~a tanka
I walk in a wilderness of wonder stepping on cracks not a care in the world genie nakano, 5/1/22
Kwan Yin in my Garden
Kwan Yin doesn’t want to hear my problems any more draped in silence her lips in samadhi smile now it’s time to pack my wisdom and travel light Genie Nakano, 5/1/22
Meno-pause~tanka
When in meno-pause wear gold and rhinestones transition into sparkle and glam… nothing is permanent Genie Nakano, 5/1/22
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