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.

MOVING MOUNTAINS~~WITH GENTLENESS

GETTING THE VACINATION
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.

genienakano's avatarGenie Nakano

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 :

Photo of Otto: by Genie Nakano,
Feb. 6, 2021

the view
is clear now
contact lens
Hideki Obayashi

Photo: by Carole MacRury

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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 :

Photo of Otto: by Genie Nakano,
Feb. 6, 2021

the view
is clear now
contact lens
Hideki Obayashi

Photo: by Carole McRury
'Otto' means husband in Nihongo-- Japanese.

Thich Nhat Hanh~~teachings on love

Photo by Genie Nakano.

….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

Photo by Johannes Plenio on Pexels.com
riding bareback
across the wetlands
tangled hair


Genie Nakano, 
Feb. 3, 2021

Published 2.3.21  '
Haiku Dialogue', 
guest editor Carole MacRury

Kyouka/humorous tanka~~ Sunday January 31, 2021

my Brother (he is much more handsome. Funny angle)

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

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com

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.


	


	





	

		
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Greenpoets from Beyond Baroque revision










genienakano's avatarGenie Nakano




Loretta*
died this morning, 12:30 AM
the ninth of my friends
who died this year
the Covid snake is gaining ground






photo by Genie Nakano, Thailand






     I look back and see fangs dripping with fresh blood.




Stay away from me you evil monster–yet it keeps sliding rippling faster on the ground.




I want to live and so did they.




“Aren’t you satisfied. Haven’t you had enough to eat!!! 




He raised his head began to speak.,.,.,.,




I have children. They grow faster everyday. I cannot rest till all are fed.”




          I must not look back. Too much time is wasted. He will get me if I falter.
I must develop wings and fly.




Genie Nakano
January 15, 2021




*an anonymous name. in order to protect.




After attending the Green Poets workshop of Beyond Baroque in Venice in our zoom class. I revised this poem according to suggestions…here it is in revision…




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