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Womenhold up half the skyour curves surround the oceansdeep within lies bliss

Posted bygenienakanoFebruary 1, 2020March 18, 2020Posted intankaTags:Bollywood, empowering, Indian Dance, Mohiniattam, Mudra, poetry, tanka, womenLeave a comment on women 2

Red

Womenover 70 should wear red6 feet silk veilsbells on their anklestravel on silk road Genie Nakano

Posted bygenienakanoJanuary 31, 2020August 21, 2020Posted infeminism/women, healing, photography, poems, tanka, UncategorizedTags:dance, empowering, healing, Japanese American, Japanese Cultural Institute, japanese culture, poetry, red, Sansei, silkveil, tanka, travel, womenLeave a comment on Red

Yama

you are mountainI am mountain toodeeply rooted into10,00 miles of earth Genie Nakano

Posted bygenienakanoJanuary 28, 2020August 21, 2020Posted inphotography, poems, tankaTags:haiku, japanese culture, meditation, mountains, poetry, Sansei, senryu, tanka2 Comments on Yama

farmers of light

every summer on the farm–
my paradise land

Posted bygenienakanoJanuary 21, 2020August 21, 2020Posted inphotography, tankaTags:farmers, fivelinepoems, Japanese American, japanese culture, Nisei, poetry, Sansei, Santamaria berryfarms, tanka1 Comment on farmers of light

Rainbow

playing in the rainthe rain plays with meopening my mouthI taste the sky7 flavors of rainbowGenie nakano Tired of chasing rainbowsjust want to be a rainbow

Posted bygenienakanoJanuary 20, 2020August 21, 2020Posted inhaiku, meditation, photography, tankaTags:haiku, icecream, japanese culture, joy, photography m, poetry, rainbow, tanka1 Comment on Rainbow

Healing

the fragrance of freshly mowed grasssummer in winterwith a barefoot walkhealing with each step Genie Nakano

Posted bygenienakanoJanuary 18, 2020August 21, 2020Posted infeminism/women, healing, meditation, photography, poems, tankaTags:Barefoot, fresh grass, healing, japanese culture, meditation, poetry, self-help, tanka1 Comment on Healing

We’re Late

we’re late, we’re latefor a very important dateto climb the mountainsand swim the riversbefore they crumble and dry Genie Nakano

Posted bygenienakanoJanuary 18, 2020August 21, 2020Posted inphotography, poems, tanka, UncategorizedTags:climate change, Japanese American, japanese culture, M. Ranier, mountains, poetry, rivers, tankaLeave a comment on We’re Late

whisper your dreams into his ear then….tanka

five hundred yearsdesires whispered into stone earssuddenlyeyes blink wide openlips blush into a smile Genie Nakano

Posted bygenienakanoJanuary 10, 2020November 16, 2020Posted infeminism/women, humor, magic, meditation, photography, poems, romance, tankaTags:buddhism, cambodia, meditation, poetry, tankaLeave a comment on whisper your dreams into his ear then….tanka

IN THE SKY~~tanka

written by: Genie Nakano @genieyogini magic butterflya flower in the skyas I napcome alight on memake my dreams come true originally published in “Storyteller” and Spillwords.com

Posted bygenienakanoJanuary 9, 2020November 16, 2020Posted inpoems, tankaTags:butterflies, dreams, flower, japanese culture, magic, poems, tanka1 Comment on IN THE SKY~~tanka

Rebirth, a tanka written by Genie Nakano at Spillwords.com

REBIRTH Rebirth written by: Genie Nakano In the sauna purging last night’s sins as the sweat rolls down my breasts forgiven and feeling fine Originally published in Spillword.com and Ribbons a tanka journal

Posted bygenienakanoDecember 13, 2019June 30, 2020Posted infeminism/women, poems, tankaTags:feminism, forgiven, tanka, women3 Comments on Rebirth, a tanka written by Genie Nakano at Spillwords.com

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