Read me like a story lick me like a stamp… send me to heaven Genie Nakano, 8.19.21
Category Archives: poems
Forced~~tanka
Today I forced the morning glory up the trellis– to be or not to be. Genie Nakano, August 18, 2021
Flow~~tanka
Be like water flow into my glass one day I’ll wake up singing darkness into light Genie Nakano, 2020
Haiku Workshop~~Sept. 8, 15, 22, 2021
River dreams…
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Photo by Artem Beliaikin on Pexels.com Flowing down a river of dreamscool soothing mistsmy berry lipsdarkened by the sunwelcome the unknown Genie Nakano, August 15, 2020
solid~~haiku
My Dad’s room all the furniture solid oak. Genie Nakano, 2019
a puzzle~~a tanka
Life is a puzzle death a mystery perhaps I’ll find an answer after I die Genie Nakano, 2019
The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth at Spillwords.com
today, tomorrow,now Spillwords.com presents: The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth written by Genie Nakano – I was born in Boyle Heights, CA…known as the barrios of East L.A. Source: The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth at Spillwords.com Press here to read i–the meek shall inherit the earth
A Floating World…poetic history of tanka
Originally posted on Genie Nakano:
genie Nakano Photo by Genie Nakano, Kyoto Japan, 2018 Before Japan could read or write, ?tanka was called waka performed as short songs in five lines short ?long ?short? ?long ??long Heian imperial court was well versed in? waka after a love affair erotic exchanges of waka was expected proper…
Nights of Love~~Responsive Tanka*
Akiko wrote 50 tanka a day I wonder if she smoked drank red wine (Genie Nakano) I found the wine spilled in her tanka a thousand lines tangle her dark hair after a night of love (Katheabela Wilson) no comb nor brush can pass through my hair gentle fingers find their way in darkness wavesContinue reading “Nights of Love~~Responsive Tanka*”
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