Before Japan was performed as short songs in five lines short long short long long Heian imperial court was well versed in tanka after a love affair exchanges of erotic tanka was expected proper etiquette Women were the best of tanka’s golden era yearning, soaring tales of love, nature, war passion prevailed In 750 ADContinue reading “A Floating World…poetic history of tanka”
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Against the wind
walking against the wind no need for wings
Meditation #6
Meditation my organic medicine
Gentle Yoga #4 Our Hands-Healing Mudras
A short Haibun below the video–“Guardian” which explains how these mudras worked to heal my Rheumatoid arthritis. Gentle Yoga exercises and Mudras “Mohiniattam” for hands. Keep your hands supple, soft and strong. In 2012, I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis. My hands were starting to be deformed. This is part of a haibun I wrote.Continue reading “Gentle Yoga #4 Our Hands-Healing Mudras”
Pandemic Fantasy, 2020
I left the world. It was getting too heavy, surreal like a Dali nightmare. Clocks falling off trees, big blinking eyes in the clouds. Plus a pandemic was going on. The White House announced it on Friday and the Eagle didn’t fly. So I decided to leave the world. I madeContinue reading “Pandemic Fantasy, 2020”
Rainbow
Originally posted on Genie Nakano:
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
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Rise
Sun risegift from the suntoday Genie nakano
Rainbow
playing in the rainthe rain plays with meopening my mouthI taste the sky7 flavors of rainbowGenie nakano Tired of chasing rainbowsjust want to be a rainbow
