Tag Archives: poetry
Droughtful written by Genie Nakano at Spillwords.com
Spillwords.com presents: Droughtful written by Genie Nakano – I was born in Boyle Heights, CA…known as the barrios of East L.A. Pour it on we need rain for our droughtful minds….. Press on the Droughtful after Source: Source: Droughtful written by Genie Nakano at Spillwords.com (Press on the Droughtful in blue in the source…)
uphill~haiku
skating… over mid-life up hill Haiku by : Genie Nakano, June 20, 2021
Night Walkers
at night walking my dog a towering shadow looms over me my heart beats against my ribs I can’t breathe I can’t scream the shadow grows Voluminous I will fight–I will die fighting!!! I TURN– It’s my own shadow Genie Nakano, 3 months ago The Daily News Asians attacked and brutally beaten New York —Continue reading “Night Walkers”
tumbling~~haiku
rocks in a tumblersmoothing down the edges haiku Genie Nakano, 6.18.21
Zoom~~haiku
zoom classes always wear my finest perfume genie nakano, 6. 12. 21
haiku~~rowing backwards
in our canoe time rows backwards. genie nakano, 9.23.21
Hungry Ghosts…
I revised this poem was fasting–now hungry ghosts. At and t is a nightmare. switching to T Mobile
Spoon to keep Warm
Travel to a foreign land backpacks only whisper in empty rooms spoon to keep warm Genie Nakano
Haiku Dialogue & my Otto…
Watashi no Otto has been listening to me spout off poetry for years and now it’s his turn. His first attempt got him a spot in Haiku Dialogue, edited by Carole McMuRay. It is a haiku prompted by an image or an ‘ekphrastic’ haiku. In this case it was a photograph of a horse’s eyeContinue reading “Haiku Dialogue & my Otto…”
