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Poetic Form: Haiku
Inspired: 2023 December 22
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rain falling down down rain falling down up down up flooding conditions

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Ink Empress

Date: 12/23/2023 8:07:00 AM

Its been raining here too, in the maldives, been a bit windy too, seems like some rough seas we will be getting for the next couple of days. I hope you are doing well read your comment on my poem, i didnt realize you were not physically well, for the last couple of days, i hope you feel better really soon. If you are not. And hope Christmas treats you well too. And holidays treat you well. Sending you light, pleasure always reading your work

Ink Empress
Date: 12/23/2023 10:37:00 AM

Oh my gosh! Thats just so much youve been through and have fought with, you truly are a fighter my friend, im so sorry to hear all this, being in a coma for so many months and coming out and now being able to share poetry with so many that enjoy reading your work, you truly have accomplished alot too, as you are not giving up and i see that and you’ve been a ray of light for so many on soup here, i hope one step at a time you’ll slowly find true healing… thank you for sharing your story with us all.

Hilo Poet
Date: 12/23/2023 10:25:00 AM

I've been at the mercy of the hospital system since Feb. 17 when my cousin found me unconscious on the floor of our family cabin near the 10,000 ft. level of our island state's largest mountain Mauna Kea 13,800 ft. The last time I went to that cabin I was 6 yrs old. After the earthquake, a tsunami warning was issued and my townhouse near the bay hence I went to the cabin. I was in a (Continue-->

Hilo Poet
Date: 12/23/2023 10:24:00 AM

<-- Continued) coma for a few weeks, paralytic for several months going through physical therapy--all this was brought on me due to altitude sickness that caused a cerebral aneurysm to develop which was treated but not removed. The med staff were my fingers and eyes part of the healing process--traumatic mental life processing. Aloha, William

Sara Etgen-Baker

Date: 12/22/2023 4:46:00 PM

we had the same conditions yesterday...no end in sight until today...the ground is completely saturated. Nicely done, Sara

Hilo Poet
Date: 12/22/2023 5:20:00 PM

Ugh, to that, eh, Sara. Enjoy your days, particularly those immediate ones that are forthcoming, my friend. Aloha, William.

Silent One

Date: 12/22/2023 10:55:00 AM

Seems like a lot of rain Hilo, just like here, its raining a lot..

Hilo Poet
Date: 12/22/2023 12:04:00 PM

You’d I be guessing mid jolly ole. It’s a wonder to watch rain reversal we’re in our 4th flood warning in a past couple days. Aloha William