Behold
a golden winter pear
my mouth waters
as you bite into
its smoothe sweet skin
Genie Nakano
Winter Pear
Sunday Senryu
She’s good
at multi-tasking
3 boyfriends
hiking up
never did
like mini-skirts
vegetables
are never
blue.
Genie Nakano
Sweet Mochi * + Dessert
For Sunday I’m reblogging and adding dessert.
Nori *
wrapped around
steaming rice
wanting it
to be me and you
so far away
in your solitary thoughts
come here
let’s make
sweet mochi together
take a bite
fulfill your desires
before
it gets cold
no time to waste
let us
breakfast the sun
drip honey
from the moon
taste life endlessly
Genie Nakano,
originally published in
International Tanka,
Tokyo Japan, editor Aya Yuki
Mochi:
Pounded rice and most commonly know to celebrate new years.
Nori:
Dried seaweed. Delicious.
For desert, a quote:
The knowledge
that I have enough
is enough.
Joseph Heller,1923 -1999
writer most known for the novel “Catch 22”.
The Covid Serpent
Loretta*
died this morning, 12:30 AM
the ninth of my friends
who died this year
the Covid snake is gaining ground
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…
Sweet Mochi * + Dessert
Nori *
wrapped around
steaming rice
wanting it
to be me and you
so far away
in your solitary thoughts
come here
let’s make
sweet mochi together
take a bite
fulfill your desires
before
it gets cold
no time to waste
let us
breakfast the sun
drip honey
from the moon
taste life endlessly
Genie Nakano,
originally published in
International Tanka,
Tokyo Japan, editor Aya Yuki
Mochi:
Pounded rice and most commonly know to celebrate new years.
Nori:
Dried seaweed. Delicious.
For desert, a quote:
The knowledge
that I have enough
is enough.
Joseph Heller,1923 -1999
writer most known for the novel “Catch 22”.
Spin
Turn
the world upside down
spin
it all around
platypus want it warm….
Genie Jeanne Nakano, 1.13.21
Senryu Sunday~~1 .24.21
interviewing
myself, I ask
many questions
conversation
above the clouds
nebulous
moonlight
under a sunroof
our first date
Genie Nakano
I am trying something new–senryu. I have experimented with haiku, haibun and renku. Now having fun with senryu.*
*Senryu: a 3-line unrhymed Japanese poem similar to haiku but treating human nature usually in an ironic or satirical vein. Merriam Dictionary
These 3 senryu were published this month in Failed Haiku edited by Michael Rehling online. Here are 3 failed haiku senryu. (what a name?!?)
Sensei says
haiku is always about love
I hate him
last nite
a man in the moon
winked
stiletto heels
high school graduation
self-defence
Genie Jeanne Nakano, 1 .10.21
Dew Drop
behold
this brand new world
found
in a droplet
of evening dew. . .
Genie Nakano, Dec. 21, 2020
Originally written for 2021 New year.
To be continued…
Over and over
searching seeking
not sure
if there is an answer
to a lost poem
All my gods
are falling down
dust
is blowing everywhere
the sun is burning gas
Time drips by
one after the other
forgetting
what day or night it is
when does eternity end
Just as
hope was budding
a zombie
plague transformed
into an “other”
No/
this can’t be true
if fake news is a truth
make this
all unreal
(to be continued)
Genie Jeanne Nakano, 1/2/21
Reach for the Sky~~a Renku*
Renku a traditional form of Japanese poetry of linked verse composed of the collaboration of 2 or more poets. Each participant displays his wit by spontaneously composing of a verse in response to the verse that came before. Wikepidia
Organized by David Lanoue professor of English Literature at Zavier University of Louisiana
barren branches
reach for the sky –
clouds open /Genie
“What Child is This”
from the trumpet next door /Nicholas
asleep on the doormat
the puppy moves paws
as if swimming /Veni
the mail is late again
in New Orleans /Juliet
one month
rings two moons
over the glistening river /Nancy
the diamond engagement ring
hidden in a walnut /David
restless again
you decide to leave
in autumn wind
first mother-daughter trip
to the OB-GYN /Nicholus
on the screen
of memory
my oldest pencil drawing/Veni
Trump loses the election
for the thirteenth time /Jennifer
through the vacation
the curing sun
empties Zoom classes /Nancy
a chili cheese hotdog
beneath a hungry ghost moon /David
in a paper bag
I carry shochu
to the library /Genie
an inscription on the title page
below the lipstick kiss /Nicolous
blind date again
he recalls every lesson
waiting in the dark /Veni
a dream of a Beatles song
woven into my mind /Jennifer
good exchanges
without masks
futures to imagine /Nancy
looking in the mirror
spring is here /Genie
the budding photographer
ask the blossoms
to smile /Nicolous
waking bees make a second crown
for the plum tree /David
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