Poet, Performer, Dancer, Storyteller, Yogini
my husband had two strokes
sometimes he doesn’t understand
my words
chatter chatter chatter
metaphors are a challenge
it’s hard on me
you have changed, I say
my patience
balancing on a thin wire
I practice walking on clouds
only in darkness
can we see stars shine
welcome the night…
words my husband spoke to me
when we were young
genie nakano
Starlight will be published in Ribbons a tanka Journal in the Spring of 2023, selected by Susan Weaver, editor of Ribbons.
Molecules spacing out
Wider, longer, deeper --
into air
light and sound go through me
I am invisible
yet I am here
can you hear me
like the wind
that can't be seen
only it's effects
the rustle of grass
leaves dancing in trees
inside me
a tsunami crashing
white rabbits
frolicking on the foam
nothing is solid
space wider, longer, deeper
I, no longer
a woman, a human
just space spacious space
beyond sky
spacing out...
Genie Nakano
October, 20017
A long time ago...perhaps 20 years ago this little hummingbird sat in my dance studio here is his portrait and story. I had just finished rehearsing my solo dance when I heard a little peep, peep. I thought it was a sound coming from my speakers-- so I searched and searched -- looked up and there he was sound a sleep. I climbed on a ladder to get a better look. I stroked his soft breast -- he wouldn't wake up. So I offered him water and blueberries and left him alone. The next day when I returned -- he was gone.
blessed by a hummingbird i've sprouted little wings this was originally a haiku works better as a tanka...
Spillwords.com presents: Mummies and Then They Were Gone, tan-renga poem collaboration by Genie Nakano and Dean Okamura.
Source: Mummies and Then They Were Gone, tan-renga at Spillwords.com
Spillwords.com presents: Mummies and Then They Were Gone, tan-renga poem collaboration by Genie Nakano and Dean Okamura.
Source: Mummies and Then They Were Gone, tan-renga at Spillwords.com
Genie Nakano