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
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a Healing~~tanka
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”
Spring ~~Haiku
Mom pushes me out of the womb Spring Breeze genie nakano, 3/23/22
Seduction~~verse
Memories…of smoke filled rooms,beladi rhythms on tabla drumsheavy beaded crystal costumestwirling into the nightwe danced for seduction…hungry for those hundred dollar tips. Genie Nakano, March 12, 2022
Matcha~~tanka
green matcha tea strong and bitter I drink for my health now I crave the taste. Genie Nakano, March 12, 2022
Haiku Presentation with Genie Nakano
… a tanka
chatter chatter chat the magpie in my head open the cage set it free there is so little time… Genie Nakano Published in Self- Portrait Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology Michael H. Lester, editor
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
leap~~haiku
Bumpinto surpriseleap into miracles Genie Nakano1/22/22 Published in Haikuniverse: 1/30/2022
Believe
Believe in what you are doingforget your self. Genie Nakano
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