healing – Genie Nakano

Hard to imagine~~~tanka and prose

Memorial~~haiku

Dads ashes in the guest bedroom Memorial Day Genie Nakano Photo of dad, Tom Nakano, during WW2 Dad’s Ashes ……

take me there~~haiku

under a canopy of redwood trees my spine unfurls Genie Nakano

a haiku….for Narayan

when it rains eagles… fly above the clouds Genie Nakano, may 11, 2022

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

For you….

Climb aboard my red feeder hummingbird thru all seasons I am here for you Genie Nakano, 4/28/22

Walking Elephant … Cherita

up stone stairways my knees don’t want to climb so many steps slow and steady I pause to breathe in the view a procession of elephants walking Genie Nakano, April 7, 2022

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”