#nanaosakaki

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Nanao Sakaki & Gary Snyder at desks working, Bedrock Mortar cabin May 28, 1988. For Nanao from Allen Ginsberg.  (photo & caption: Allen Ginsberg, Courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate)

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Mystic Monday "Soil for legs, Axe for hands, Flower for eyes, Bird for ears, Mushroom for nose, Smile for mouth, Song for lungs, Sweat for skin, Wind for mind, Just enough." -By Nanao Sakaki. #nerdymystic #mysticmonday #wisewords #nanaosakaki (at Temple of Ancient Wisdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-XjGGSj1_I/?igshid=1dzmcjel95q8s

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“If you have time to chatter, Read books. If you have time to read, Walk into mountain, desert and ocean. If you have time to walk, Sing songs and dance. If you have time to dance, Sit quietly, you happy, lucky idiot.” ― #NanaoSakaki #Cartago #CostaRica 30mar19 #picoftheday #instagood #tokidokinomadblog #travel #photography #igtravel #centralamerica #bike #bicycle https://www.instagram.com/p/BwBOD84HBI6/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qx9cwru327q7

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Soil for legs Axe for hands Flower for eyes Bird for ears Mushroom for nose Smile for mouth Songs for lungs Sweat for skin Wind for mind

nanao sakaki "Just Enough"

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Japanese poet Nanao Sakaki with Baghavan Das,  and Ram Das, early June 1972 at Allen’s old Columbia College classmate David Padua’s home,  and now the current site of Upaya Zen Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico, snapped by Allen. #BaghavanDas #ramdass #nanaosakaki #santafe #upayazencenter #allenginsberg #poetrycommunity #poets @babaramdass @baba_bhagavan_das (at Santa Fe, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIB3nEshwtP/?igshid=1y1tumkmryy76

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In the morning

After taking cold shower

—-what a mistake—-

I look at the mirror.

There, a funny guy,

Grey hair, white beard, wrinkled skin,

—-what a pity—-

Poor, dirty, old man,

He is not me, absolutely not.

Land and life

Fishing in the ocean

Sleeping in the desert with stars

Building a shelter in the mountains

Farming the ancient way;

Singing with coyotes

Singing against nuclear war—

I’ll never be tired of life.

Now I’m seventeen years old,

Very charming young man.

I sit quietly in lotus position,

Meditating, meditating for nothing.

Suddenly a voice comes to me:

“To stay young,

To save the world,

Break the mirror.”

Nanao Sakaki - Break the Mirror How to Live on Planet Earth: Collected Poems.   Blackberry Books, Maine

Photo: Boulder Colorado, July 1990, snapped by Allen.

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Poet, playwright, social dissident, & Czechoslovakian President,  Vaclav Havel,  with poet Nanao Sakaki, and behind him, poet Andy Clausen,  Prague, March 1990. Just three months prior, Havel had been made president of what was still Czechoslovakia, and the country was soon to have its first free elections in 44 years.  Havel had  invited Allen, along with Anne Waldman, Nanao Sakaki and Andy Clausen, to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Allen’s May King / Kral Majales crowning. (photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate)

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• “If you have time to chatter, Read books.

If you have time to read, Walk into mountain, desert and ocean.

If you have time to walk, Sing songs and dance.

If you have time to dance, Sit quietly, you happy, lucky idiot.”

― Nanao Sakaki

Japanese Poet, Nanao Sakaki, Naropa Institute, Boulder Colorado, July 1985 (photo: Allen Ginsberg) #nanaosakaki #allenginsberg (at Boulder, Colorado)

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“If you have time to chatter, Read books. If you have time to read, Walk into mountain, desert and ocean. If you have time to walk, Sing songs and dance. If you have time to dance, Sit quietly, you happy, lucky idiot.” ― Nanao Sakaki • Japanese Poet, Nanao Sakaki, Naropa Institute, Boulder Colorado, July 1985  (photo: Allen Ginsberg) #nanaosakaki #allenginsberg (at Naropa University) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBWWoPHB7sX/?igshid=x302jpphd9l4

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• Brain washed by numerous mountain streams Legs clean after walking four continents Eyes cloudless as Kagoshima sky Fresh raw surprisingly cooked heart Tongue live as a Spring salmon Nanao's hands are steady, pen & axe sharp as stars. ― Allen Ginsberg & Peter Orlovsky, June 1987 Nanao Sakaki, Boulder Colorado, July 9, 1990. (photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Estate) #nanaosakaki @gulfofmainebooks23 #allenginsberg #poetry #poetrycommunity #ecopoetry (at Boulder, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_A8zcEBdKR/?igshid=rd851rh0jgv5

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Japanese poet Nanao Sakaki, Baba Ram Dass, and Baba Bhagavan Das,  at Allen’s friend David Padua’s Santa Fe digs, June 1972.   (snapped by Allen) • Got word that @baba_bhagavan_das was crushed by an SUV in Hawaii last week, his pelvis and upper legs fractured in several places.   Keeping him in our hearts. • #babaBhagavandas #babaramdass #ramdass #nanaosakaki #allenginsberg #santafe #kirtan #richardalpert (at Santa Fe, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9AZudcBd63/?igshid=1bun2d3osajc2

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Vaclav Havel and poet Nanao Sakaki, Prague, March 1990. Havel had just been made president of what was still Czechoslovakia, and invited Allen, along with Anne Waldman, Nanao Sakaki and Andy Clausen, to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of his May King / Kral Majales crowning.  (photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries / Allen Ginsberg Estate) • from “Return of Kral Majales” This silver anniversary much hair’s gone from my head and I am the King of May And tho I am King of May my howls & proclamations present are banned by FCC on America’s electric airwaves 6 A.M. to midnight So King of May I return through Heaven flying to reclaim my paper crown And I am King of May with high blood pressure, diabetes, gout, Bell’s palsy, kidneystones & calm eyeglasses And wear the foolish crown of no ignorance no wisdom anymore no fear no hope in capitalist striped tie & Communist dungarees No laughing matter the loss of the planet next hundred years” • #vaclavhavel #velvetrevolution #allenginsberg #nanaosakaki #kralmajales #kingofmay #returnofkralmajales (at Prague, Czech Republic) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_uqwBjhxtG/?igshid=1d2jf9y06t2c

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Brain washed by numerous mountain streams Legs clean after walking four continents Eyes cloudless as Kagoshima sky Fresh raw surprisingly cooked heart Tongue live as a Spring salmon Nanao's hands are steady, pen & axe sharp as stars. ― Allen Ginsberg & Peter Orlovsky, June 1987 Nanao Sakaki, Boulder Colorado, July 9, 1990. (photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Estate) #nanaosakaki @gulfofmainebooks23 #allenginsberg #poetry #poetrycommunity #ecopoetry (at Boulder, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4iHepGBz-D/?igshid=1m0zce168104r

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Nanao Sakaki, Baba Ram Dass, Bhagavan Das, Santa Fe, May 1972 (photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Estate) #nanaosakaki #santafe #ramdass #babaramdass #allenginsberg #bhagavandas (at Santa Fe, New Mexico)

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Ram Dass, Santa Fe, June 1972, at a mini ‘spiritual summit meeting’ that included Tsultrim Allione, Nanak Sakaki, Bhagavan Dass and Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

[photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Estate]

#nanaosakaki #santafe #ramdass #babaramdass #allenginsberg #bhagavandas @babaramdass (at Santa Fe, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bri2Iy7nyMT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bs0kyom9icw0