re-blogging for today — Valentines day February 14, 2023 I have a dream where no secrets lie between us intimacy our perfume laughter is our music love our key of C in the glow of moon light we forever tango Eternity or hill top view with rolling fields of memories the grapes of wrath haveContinue reading “A Valentine dance”
Category Archives: romance
2 valentine poems
number 1 i search for a songto partner with for our dancemultilayered rhythm’s ignite fast smooth foot workminor chords the wind i hear the music of a seven forty-seven-8 jetwings slice skyas my toes tap salsaOrchestra de La Luz* at last, the songI choose for me and yourhythms dripwith slow sensualityarms spread in Mariposa someday,we’llContinue reading “2 valentine poems”
waterfall~~haiku
tenderly he takes me in his arms spring waterfall… Photo and haiku by Genie Nakano, Sri Lanka Falls haiku published in Shaping Water, Moth Orchid Press, 2022
autumn wind~~haiku
My hubby 82 years and dog Yuzo 9 months. Such a handsome couple. I met hubby in autumn– we married in spring of 1989. he came in an autumn wind and stayed
Floating on Air~~a tanka response with Genie Nakano and Dean Okamura
into the burning light we dance into timelessness…Genie and Dean
glow~~haiku
the afterglow of love… keeps glowing genie nakano, 9.25.22
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
my lover~~Tanka
my lover tells all my secrets nothing stays inside a paper sliding door torn by the wind Genie Nakano
5:00 AM
sometimes I fall when I smell the back of your neck like a puzzle falling into place Genie Nakano, 1991
First time~~haiku
raw oystersshe remembers herfirst time Genie Nakano
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