Get Your Premium Membership

''Old and New'': Agree

Poet's Notes
(Show)

Become a Premium Member and post notes and photos about your poem like Hilo Poet.


Poetic Form: Verse
Inspired: 2024 April 14
Image: Pu'u O'o Vent, Kalapana/House

 

 

undefined
 
 
Back in the days of yesterday and today, or, traditions and contemporaries ... she came. Yesterday and tradition say ... leave your things home, she'll leave your things alone. Today and contemporaries say ... in so many words ... heart heeds all abilities. Yesterday and tradition say ... you leave, she leaves, or you take, she takes. Today and contemporaries say ... that theirs were words of comfort. She came and they left ... she never came back, nor did they, except one, me, [oldest parents and siblings passed]--I'm the lone inheritor, with a piece of paper of a new sizeable land and redesigned coastline, turned into a new land deed, along with my new will, --sits in a bank, I, in a beach townhouse in Hilo town. All three (3) are well-deposited earning interests, one happily due in ~June~.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2024




Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem.

Please Login to post a comment

Date: 4/15/2024 4:33:00 PM
enjoyed the biographical nature of this poem. I especially liked 'yesterday and tradition.' A fabulous contest contender. Have a pleasant evening, Sara
Login to Reply
Poet Avatar
Hilo Poet
Date: 4/16/2024 10:31:00 AM
Decisions were made within each household, and I withheld the actual nature of the choice of contentions were truly about. It was between the goddess Pele and the God of Abraham--thanks for your encouragement, Aloha, William

Book: Reflection on the Important Things