GENIE’S LAMP: Unsung Waka
By GENIE NAKANO *waka means little song in Japanese poets many we are stuck in…
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GENIE’S LAMP: Under Water
By GENIE NAKANO man on the corner says worlds going to end darkness prevails get…
GENIE’S LAMP: Summer Love
By GENIE NAKANO melons bursting on the vine dripping with sweetness, our eyes cling to…
GENIE’S LAMP: Shushhh
By GENIE NAKANO as night takes over the day and crickets start to thrum, she…
GENIE’S LAMP: The Grass is Green
By GENIE NAKANO looking at my hand the lines and crevices look foreign to me…
GENIE’S LAMP: Droughtful
By GENIE NAKANO Sky, you’ve been holding on too long pour it on, we need…
GENIE’S LAMP: A New World Sings
By GENIE NAKANO the train lost speed and just plain stopped no brakes needed natural…
GENIE’S LAMP: Shamelessly
By GENIE NAKANO white cane tapping he wants to cross the street he is blind…
GENIE’S LAMP: Mood Indigo
By GENIE NAKANO Indigo sky above with a sliver of a crescent moon—- Aimi can…
GENIE’S LAMP: Beyond Boomer Bash
By GENIE NAKANO dancing in ecstasy Motown rhythms rising yesterday’s sadness danced away at the…
GENIE’S LAMP: Blossom
By GENIE NAKANO blessed, I was born in May the month when my native land…
GENIE’S LAMP: In the Next Wind
By GENIE NAKANO I’m oriental exotic, mysterious my eyes always half closed with a sultry…