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Tag Archives: tanka

farmers of light

every summer on the farm–
my paradise land

Posted bygenienakanoJanuary 21, 2020August 21, 2020Posted inphotography, tankaTags:farmers, fivelinepoems, Japanese American, japanese culture, Nisei, poetry, Sansei, Santamaria berryfarms, tanka1 Comment on farmers of light

Rainbow

playing in the rainthe rain plays with meopening my mouthI taste the sky7 flavors of rainbowGenie nakano Tired of chasing rainbowsjust want to be a rainbow

Posted bygenienakanoJanuary 20, 2020August 21, 2020Posted inhaiku, meditation, photography, tankaTags:haiku, icecream, japanese culture, joy, photography m, poetry, rainbow, tanka1 Comment on Rainbow

Airborne

Airbornea dandelionroarsFree at last, Free at last

Posted bygenienakanoJanuary 19, 2020January 19, 2020Posted inpoemsTags:affirmations, freedom, healing, Martin Luther King, poetry, self-help, tankaLeave a comment on Airborne

Healing

the fragrance of freshly mowed grasssummer in winterwith a barefoot walkhealing with each step Genie Nakano

Posted bygenienakanoJanuary 18, 2020August 21, 2020Posted infeminism/women, healing, meditation, photography, poems, tankaTags:Barefoot, fresh grass, healing, japanese culture, meditation, poetry, self-help, tanka1 Comment on Healing

We’re Late

we’re late, we’re latefor a very important dateto climb the mountainsand swim the riversbefore they crumble and dry Genie Nakano

Posted bygenienakanoJanuary 18, 2020August 21, 2020Posted inphotography, poems, tankaTags:climate change, Japanese American, japanese culture, M. Ranier, mountains, poetry, rivers, tankaLeave a comment on We’re Late

whisper your dreams into his ear then….tanka

five hundred yearsdesires whispered into stone earssuddenlyeyes blink wide openlips blush into a smile Genie Nakano

Posted bygenienakanoJanuary 10, 2020November 16, 2020Posted infeminism/women, humor, magic, meditation, photography, poems, romance, tankaTags:buddhism, cambodia, meditation, poetry, tankaLeave a comment on whisper your dreams into his ear then….tanka

IN THE SKY~~tanka

written by: Genie Nakano @genieyogini magic butterflya flower in the skyas I napcome alight on memake my dreams come true originally published in “Storyteller” and Spillwords.com

Posted bygenienakanoJanuary 9, 2020November 16, 2020Posted inpoems, tankaTags:butterflies, dreams, flower, japanese culture, magic, poems, tanka1 Comment on IN THE SKY~~tanka

Rebirth, a tanka written by Genie Nakano at Spillwords.com

REBIRTH Rebirth written by: Genie Nakano In the sauna purging last night’s sins as the sweat rolls down my breasts forgiven and feeling fine Originally published in Spillword.com and Ribbons a tanka journal

Posted bygenienakanoDecember 13, 2019June 30, 2020Posted infeminism/women, poems, tankaTags:feminism, forgiven, tanka, women3 Comments on Rebirth, a tanka written by Genie Nakano at Spillwords.com

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