Spillwords.com presents: Shamelessly, written by Genie Nakano – I was born in Boyle Heights, CA… known as the barrios of East L.A.
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Bodhisattva
At night our little black dog snuggles between us lies on his back and snores loudly snip, brush, snip around his furry face Bodhi loves it all tilts his head way back crooning to the moon Bodhisattva means, Buddha in training...' they say all good dogs go to heaven I hope to meet him there Originally published in "Colorful Lives", 2016
Akiko Yosano #2
Akiko is my favorite tanka poet. Her tanka were bold, sensuous and controversial. Here is my tanka in honor of Akiko and below it are examples of her tanka from the book "Tangled Hair." They were chosen randomly. The book is excellent and has 165 of her tanka, notes and her biography. Akiko wrote 50 tanka a day I wonder if she smoked and drank red wine 26 Softly I pushed open That door We call a mystery, These full breasts Held in both my hands 32 After my bath At the hot spring, These clothes As rough to my skin As the world 46 In love And frail as the stem Of this summer flower-- Yet will I bloom Deep red under a dazzling sun! 107 Inside the coffin Of my beautiful Friend, The flowers A riot of colors
Toto
Rainbow
Today is the beginning.
playing in the rain
the rain plays with me
opening my mouth
I taste the sky
7 flavors of rainbow
Tired
of chasing rainbows
just want to be a rainbow
Meditation #4 Floating World
We share the same breath inhale exhale this floating world
Straight Ahead
Meditation #3, “Incense Rising”
bound
by our desires
I watch
the incense
rise...
Nataraj
Scorch the world of all its images Nataraj set the world on fire let's start all over again
Tangled Hair
facing off with the sting of life my black hair whipping against my face I plough through the night
Genie Nakano 