My journal full of last Night's dreams, brings answers to my to Days.
Fridays Dream..^ & ^
Gentle Chair Yoga~~ getting back to health.
Gentle Chair Yoga Class decided we are getting back to health. Started our first class last week outside on the patio with masks and 6 feet apart. We sure missed each other–three month lock down for Los Angeles. Slowly business are opening up and our business is to stay healthy. Our remedy–YOGA. We are bonafide elders so we must keep strong and safe.
I was nervous as you can see. But it was painless, no side effects and I feel much safer now. It was more gentle than a flu shot–nurse was the BEST.
Haiku Dialogue & my Otto…
Watashi no Otto wanted me to include the photo by Carole MacMuray so I have reblogged.
Watashi no Otto has been listening to me spout off poetry for years and now it’s his turn. His first attempt got him a spot in Haiku Dialogue, edited by Carole McMurray. It is a haiku prompted by an image or an ‘ekphrastic’ haiku. In this case it was a photograph of a horse’s eye close-up.
Here is the Haiku :
Feb. 6, 2021
the view
is clear now
contact lens
Hideki Obayashi
Haiku Dialogue & my Otto…
Watashi no Otto has been listening to me spout off poetry for years and now it’s his turn. His first attempt got him a spot in Haiku Dialogue, edited by Carole McMuRay. It is a haiku prompted by an image or an ‘ekphrastic’ haiku. In this case it was a photograph of a horse’s eye close-up.
Here is the Haiku :
Feb. 6, 2021
the view
is clear now
contact lens
Hideki Obayashi
'Otto' means husband in Nihongo-- Japanese.
Yama
10,000 is the deepest point in our earth.
You are mountain
I am mountain too
deeply
rooted into
10,00 miles of earth
Genie Nakano
Honorable mention in the Mt. Fuji tanka contest sponsored by International Tanka Society, Tokyo, Japan
Thich Nhat Hanh~~teachings on love
….if a monk practices love meditation even if only for the length of time it takes to snap one’s fingers, he will not fail in meditative concentration. There is no greater virtue than practicing love meditation everyday. From the book, ‘Teachings on Love’ Thich Nhat Hanh
So, I’ve been snapping my fingers all day today and whispering the love and kindness mantra.
from, Genie Nakano
wetlands~~a haiku
riding bareback across the wetlands tangled hair Genie Nakano, Feb. 3, 2021 Published 2.3.21 ' Haiku Dialogue', guest editor Carole MacRury
Haiku~~untitled
On my hands and knees
I blow a baby spider
out the door.
Genie Nakano
Feb. 3, 2021
Kyouka/humorous tanka~~ Sunday January 31, 2021
Senryu a 3 line unrhymed Japanese poem similar to haiku but dealing with human nature satirical or ironic in vein.
Kyoka playful tanka:
that’s him
the tall big nosed one,
my brother
half Swiss-German
we share a Japanese father
Bro Frank Nakano, Julian Nakano, Me and Thomas Nakano–Zurich Switzerland, 2019, Summertime. His nose is not so big. Frank is actually handsome.
Genie Nakano, January 31, 2021
one compassionate word~~
Thich Nhat Hanh
One compassionate word, action or thought can reduce another person’s suffering and bring him joy. One word can give comfort and confidence, destroy doubt, help someone avoid a mistake, reconcile a conflict, or open the door to liberation.
With compassion in our heart, every thought, word, and deed can bring about a miracle.
Thich Nhat Hanh from the book Teachings on Love.
Genie Nakano 