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Aliso Villager ~~a haibun & Cherita

under Aztec skiesa California sushi rollrocks I was born in Boyle Heights, California, Aliso Village Housing Projects. Aliso Village: 1942 – demolished in 1999 one of the most impoverished areas of Los Angeles – and considered one of the last remaining slums. Wikipedia (shrugs shoulders) We didn’t have computers and couldn’t afford a television. SoContinue reading “Aliso Villager ~~a haibun & Cherita”

Starlight

my husband had two strokessometimes he doesn’t understandmy wordschatter chatter chattermetaphors are a challenge it’s hard on meyou have changed, I saymy patiencebalancing on a thin wireI practice walking on clouds only in darknesscan we see stars shinewelcome the night…words my husband spoke to mewhen we were young genie nakano Starlight will be published inContinue reading “Starlight”

Nothings Solid ~~free verse/tanka

Molecules spacing outWider, longer, deeper –into airlight and sound go through meI am invisibleyet I am herecan you hear melike the windthat can’t be seenonly it’s effectsthe rustle of grassleaves dancing in treesinside mea tsunami crashingwhite rabbitsfrolicking on the foamnothing is solidspace wider, longer, deeperI, no longera woman, a humanjust space spacious spacebeyond skyspacing out…GenieContinue reading “Nothings Solid ~~free verse/tanka”