Wistful
Become a
Premium Member
and post notes and photos about your poem like Hilo Poet.
Poetic Form: Rhyme
Inspired: 2024 April 11
*1st Place*
Wistful, Write, Weep, Whisper Words
Contest Judged: 2024 April 12
Sponsored by: Constance La France
Image: Pu'u O'o Vent, Kalapana Village succumbed mostly in 1990, the church/village, was built on an abutment that rose slightly higher, our home was behind the church (photo of the church and hardened black sea of lava still bubbling/rising and soon will cover the rest of what's left of the village). The village was built on a flat surface slight incline and as such, the flow crawled, slowness caused it to harden and it built-up in that process, civil engineers present at every home before their engulfed, estimated the wall of lava to be 60 feet that will take our home, we stayed until the lava reached near the house where the car is parked, then we left/chose not to watch our home...
"Wistful/Wishful: sometimes if a word can ever be realized, just an 'alphabet' change will suffice," ... by the Poet
The coconuts have gone awry,
and its fronds they seemed to deny,
their stumped stilts beaches pierce the sky,
an empty beach where birds fly by,
no imprint sole of surfing guy,
except I write the reasons why,
appropriate it with a sigh.
It's because of the lava flow,
in "83 nobody knows,
but then it started the big show,
at first, 'twas small and started slow,
until it grown, and grow, and grow,
the forest like a mower, mow,
night sky turned an orangey glow.
Since "83 it kept its pace,
it filled the ridge, a lengthy space,
then poured downhill like in a race,
the town lay at the mountain base,
lava came, the town prayed then braced,
home after home, place after place,
pierce a lifetime shown on their face.
The mountain lava met the sea,
wherefrom my hometown used to be,
everyone is an absentee,
all now have a new addressee,
and they are new hometown adoptees,
how can poetic words air-free,
for one who's wistful presently.
Copyright © Hilo Poet | 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