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floating in air~~tan rengu
music fills the air wild moths drawn to the flame… out of darkness into the burning light we dance into timelessness Dean Okamura and Genie Nakano This tanka is a tan rengu–written by two people. In Japan tan rengu was a popular form of writing hundreds of years ago and is resurging.
Cinque Terre~tanka
I fell in lovein a small cliff villageoverlooking the seaI shall die herein happiness Genie Nakano, 5/1/2022
For you….
Climb aboard my red feeder hummingbird thru all seasons I am here for you Genie Nakano, 4/28/22
Walking Elephant … Cherita
up stone stairways my knees don’t want to climb so many steps slow and steady I pause to breathe in the view a procession of elephants walking Genie Nakano, April 7, 2022
Spring ~~Haiku
Mom pushes me out of the womb Spring Breeze genie nakano, 3/23/22
Haiku Spring
today 2 doctors appointmentsI keep feeling spring genie nakano
Matcha~~tanka
green matcha tea strong and bitter I drink for my health now I crave the taste. Genie Nakano, March 12, 2022
… 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
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
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