
I’m teaching Haiku at JCI~~~ 8 -22-21

Poet, Performer, Dancer, Storyteller, Yogini

Golden Bamboo
above the walls we grow
summer heat...
Genie nakano, 6.14.21

Summertime is Sexy.


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written by: Genie Nakano
@genieyogini
If I were
to write a play
about my life
it would be
a comedy of errors
Those musicians…what is it about them that makes my pulse rise and my cheeks blush?
I‘ve fallen in love with one too many. Last affair went on for years. I learned how to do my own form of kickboxing fighting off his other women who were crazier than me. I’m through with drama.
I almost, almost fell again–last night at the Roxy when I heard him play….
oh, sexy
saxophone player
stay away
I’ve taken…
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photography by Raphael, 2020

wind blowing through my hair there is so little time let's leap above the gust and dance with the wind

I am
talking to the moon
She smiles...
Genie Nakano,
July 10, 2021
The image is a polaroid transfer that is highlighted with colored pencils and gold acrylic paint. It won a blue ribbon back in 1993 for the Gardena Arts Festival. It is a self - portrait using masks.
a camera is a
tool for learning how
to see without a camera.
Dorothea Lange
Inspired by Goff James's Website on WordPress.com, Art, Photography and Poetry

The photos in the mirrors reflection were taken by Genie Nakano, lithographic process in cyanotype. A very old way of processing your film with sun rays-- an early morning self portrait--camouflaged by hair and glasses.
Letting go
so hard for the falcon
holding its prey…
Genie Nakano, July 6, 2021
( inspired by Grace of the Sun)


Spillwords.com presents: Turn Around, tanka by Genie Nakano, for whom writing tanka is her passion, joy, therapy and confession.
Source: Turn Around, tanka written by Genie Nakano at Spillwords.com
Spillwords.com presents: Turn Around, tanka by Genie Nakano, for whom writing tanka is her passion, joy, therapy and confession.
Source: Turn Around, tanka written by Genie Nakano at Spillwords.com

swirled
with Van Gogh stars
summer night.
Genie Nakano, July 6, 2021
