I was born with two strikes against me Asian and…my mother didn’t like me I wanted to be golden wear a curly blonde crown of Shirley Temple locks Into my teens I streamed, oye orale pues orale pues I poemed my story right on write on Blackness became my call I danced the moves woreContinue reading “IDENTITY“`tanka”
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Stoned~~haiku
men and womenwearing Buddha head hair bunscool summer… Genie Nakano,June 16, 2021originally published in Purple Press…Storyteller Photo by Genie Nakano…”The Buddha in my Backyard” June 14, 2021
Pastel a tanka
I am… a walking pastel smearing purple on walls green on sidewalks. Genie Nakano, June, 2021
Cucumber
Todays Thesaurus.com synonym word “unwieldy” — “cumbersome, inspired my tanka, Cucumber. a cool cucumber caressed my warm lips I melted into nothingness since then everything… Genie Nakano, 3, 30, 21
Breathe
Nothing like an old belt, he says, like my arms around him doesn’t cut or cinch Genie Nakano, originally Published in Storyteller, 2014
Kyouka/humorous tanka~~ Sunday January 31, 2021
Senryu a 3 line unrhymed Japanese poem similar to haiku but dealing with human nature satirical or ironic in vein. Kyoka playful tanka: that’s himthe tall big nosed one,my brotherhalf Swiss-Germanwe share a Japanese father Genie Nakano, January 31, 2021
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