When in meno-pause wear gold and rhinestones transition into sparkle and glam… nothing is permanent Genie Nakano, 5/1/22
Category Archives: poems
blush~~tanka
my face blushes with color ready and willing to go on and savor the sky Genie Nakano, 4/26/22
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
Spring ~~Haiku
Mom pushes me out of the womb Spring Breeze genie nakano, 3/23/22
Haiku Spring
today 2 doctors appointmentsI keep feeling spring genie nakano
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
Today Spoken World Live….
Haiku Workshop 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
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