Yama

photo: Genie Nakano, Iceland, 2017

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

farmers of light

Santa Maria Strawberry Farm

santa maria berry farm

back on the farm
it was safe and warm
my cuz and I
played in the sand
back then a paradise land

Genie Nakano

circa: 1950’s

Rainbow

playing in the rain
the rain plays with me
opening my mouth
I taste the sky
7 flavors of rainbow
Genie nakano

Photo: G. Nakano, circa 2000

Tired
of chasing rainbows
just want to be a rainbow

We’re Late

we’re late, we’re late
for a very important date
to climb the mountains
and swim the rivers
before they crumble and dry

Genie Nakano

  • photo by G. Nakano, flying over Mt. Rainier, Washington

whisper your dreams into his ear then….tanka

  • PHOTO: G. NAKANO, CAMBODIA, SIEM RIEP, 2015
    PHOTO: G. NAKANO, CAMBODIA, SIEM RIEP, 2015

five hundred years
desires whispered into stone ears
suddenly
eyes blink wide open
lips blush into a smile

Genie Nakano