naoko : All Published Writing (33)

Firmly Planted and Growing

Our love is alive, adaptive in its element, constant in its existence. We, a...

by naoko

Pieces of Me

On the one hand, I grew up with a strong desire to be just like my mother, Mama I call her. I had a deep, al...

by naoko

Remote Controls

There were always multiple remote controls in our living-dining-as-one-room.   One for TV, another for V...

by naoko

tango of strangers & lovers

how odd a chance encounter (un) expected surprise       kn...

by naoko

Ceremony

I didn’t steal the fire; They made me from the earth to punish themselves for lifting the veil, for the secret...

by naoko

it's been a while...

it’s been a while …a long while… since such strong interest …or any inte...

by naoko

Naked

Bravery is neither the absence nor suppression of tears and flaws but the joint celebration of our beautiful fragili...

by naoko

Never Paperclip Love

Machete what I’ve dreamt about and what is realistic. What’s really important? What’s ferris whe...

by naoko

Tanka 1

I don’t want to be a silk-screen generic, only a Rasta-gem, bold in red, green, yellow. Fused reggae rhythms i...

by naoko

what a beautiful morning

what a beautiful morning what a beautiful life you warm me in your light bright yellow kisses burn my ey...

by naoko

if you were my poem

if you were my poem i will savor you allmorningeverymorning like our sweet morning coffee and...

by naoko

an empty coffee cup

an empty coffee cup still atatakai from  the warmth of your lips thank you, for leaving behind a kis...

by naoko

he just held me so close

he (just) ld m[(e) so : lc] as i cried rainstorm of tears he (just) ld m[(e) so : lc] as ...

by naoko

Plum Blossoms

ume candy jollies around my mouth. my teeth and tongue frolic in sweet-tart sap. finding the perfect crease, the ...

by naoko

Karma

Fuck this family I was given, threatening with an ultimatum of a choice between Him or Them. Self-indulgent and fool...

by naoko

Tanka 2

I want to revel in the power of me, a born rebel, really. My parents would agree to that. Lemon twist martini.

by naoko

(e)

lets tuck away reason the howhys no past can b (e) xplained for th (e) xi...

by naoko

lick the wounds

lick the wounds of my flaws tear the roots of my woes own the peace in my mind. i want to be wh...

by naoko

swallow the stars above

i fly, wingless, through the breezeless oceanic skies.   i look up, gapin...

by naoko

even in shadows

even in shadows i feel secure because you hold light in me knowing that i am never alone ...

by naoko

@ The Getty

I close my eyes and meditate, relax my mind, smooth my soul; become sensitive to my periphery.  ...

by naoko

Amorous Silhouette

Cocoa buttery lust adorns my body like graffiti art he left behind for my eyes to drink, my mouth to savor.&nb...

by naoko

a journey beyond those trespassing nights

slowly losing grap of this paradoxical paradigm  sifting through time leisurely falling like a...

by naoko

Fragment (Inspired by Sonia Sanchez)

i wonder if this heart quenching scar will ever go away it lingers with a smile of yours caught in my throat ...

by naoko

jaded

I just can’t get used to how you toss & pass around “honey” and “sweetie&r...

by naoko

"dissonance of harmony"

i love your handwriting writing jazzy notes   like thelonious monk at times : jaggedy blues   like ...

by naoko

The Sky

The Sky             happy    ...

by naoko

together. as one. (dedicated to J & J)

breathe together those fears and transcend what is not courage together.  as one. water together those dream...

by naoko

th(i)s plant

th(i)s plant flowers tomato of pain, melon of joy, grapes of tears, chili of rage, c...

by naoko

a wistful whispering...

a wistful whispering of your name like a lullaby leaves an aroma of love with...

by naoko

a lesson (dedicated to P & J)

according to Kahn : even a brick wants to be something   according to me: even my word wants to b...

by naoko

if I were my mother's voice

if I were my mother’s voice I’d praise her as the goddess of self-less love but ache to rein...

by naoko

thisit

this (whatever-you-wanna-call-this) will forever exist        ...

by naoko
 

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