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Genie Nakano

Poet, Performer, Dancer, Storyteller, Yogini

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Tag Archives: kyoka

Meno-pause~tanka

When in meno-pause wear gold and rhinestones transition into sparkle and glam… nothing is permanent Genie Nakano, 5/1/22

Posted bygenienakanoMay 1, 2022May 2, 2022Posted inaging, feminism/women, healing, humor, kyoka, photography, poems, tankaTags:annica, Genienakano, glamor, gold and silver, humor, impermanence, jimbrewer, kyoka, menopause, rhinestones, sparkle, tanka, transitionLeave a comment on Meno-pause~tanka

… a tanka

chatter chatter chat the magpie in my head open the cage set it free there is so little time… Genie Nakano Published in Self- Portrait Tanka Society of America Members’ Anthology Michael H. Lester, editor

Posted bygenienakanoFebruary 27, 2022Posted inphotography, poems, tankaTags:cages, chatter, feminism, fiveline pooetry, freedom, japanese culture, kyoka, magpie, meditation, photography, Sansei, tanka, time, women1 Comment on … a tanka

my lips~~nothing new

Read my lips… the sky is falling the earth churns global warming keeps me up at night. Genie Nakano, 2/10/22

Posted bygenienakanoFebruary 10, 2022February 10, 2022Posted inclimate change, feminism/women, humor, kyoka, photography, poems, saddness, tankaTags:globalwarming, humor, insomnia, kyoka, photography, satire, tanka2 Comments on my lips~~nothing new

Breathe

Nothing like an old belt, he says, like my arms around him doesn’t cut or cinch Genie Nakano, originally Published in Storyteller, 2014

Posted bygenienakanoMarch 28, 2021June 19, 2021Posted infeminism/women, humor, kyoka, meditation, photography, poems, romance, tankaTags:freedom, kyoka, love, poems, relationships, tanka, women1 Comment on Breathe

Erratica

Seasons are erotic beyond belief… not certain of spring unafraid of winter I depend on tomorrow Genie Nakano originally published in “Storyteller”, 2014

Posted bygenienakanoFebruary 20, 2021February 21, 2021Posted inaging, feminism/women, meditation, photography, spiritual, tankaTags:aging, happy, kyoka, spiritual, tanka2 Comments on Erratica

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