kyoka – Genie Nakano

underage

74 today still, a child inside still, searching still, questioning still, underage Genie Nakano, June 13, 2022

Meno-pause~tanka

When in meno-pause wear gold and rhinestones transition into sparkle and glam… nothing is permanent Genie Nakano, 5/1/22

Cinque Terre~tanka

I fell in lovein a small cliff villageoverlooking the seaI shall die herein happiness Genie Nakano, 5/1/2022

my lips~~nothing new

Read my lips… the sky is falling the earth churns global warming keeps me up at night. Genie Nakano, 2/10/22

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”

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

Cool~~tanka

This tanka will be published in Spillwords soon. I’m not sure when but I received acceptance notice 4/3/22 Always happy to receive acceptance notices. 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