Best Lei Poems

A rainbow took my breath away
Whilst on a train one summers day

Her vibrant arc I was in awe
Though folk beside me never saw

With heads bowed low they missed the show
The screens their windows, don’t you know

All Mother Nature’s flawless gems
Score well below the latest trends

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is love to be a wilted rose
to fade beneath the winter snows

to pierce itself with its own thorn
its beauty hide in death to mourn

i watch it bloom from tiny seeds
a spark of lust from passion bleeds

unfold itself within a kiss
then fade within the dying bliss

December...

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Having been alone for Yuletide
On New Year’s morn, she stared outside

Neighbors were packing lights away
To place in storage, where they’d stay

For such décor, she’d lost her taste
As celebrating seemed a waste

And she knew well this was her last
Her heart belonged to Christmas past




December 28, 2019
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Let's celebrate Lei day today
In pageants with a King and Queen
In flowers of each island's hue
A day in which we extol spring.

A day of Aloha's spirit 
Where music's shared in hula dance.
Children wear each island's colors 
In long satin gowns that enhance

The royal court displayed...

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We sail away beneath the sun -
vows made. Our journey’s now begun.
We glide till twilight’s tangerine
drips into ocean’s azure-green.
To shore we’re led by June’s light breeze.
You give my hand a little squeeze.
We wait for time most opportune
for honey underneath the moon!

Jan. 5, 2019
for the Lay...

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Sunsets melt in a forest glen,
and a white horse rests in the Zen.
A blue wren on a rock perches,
and mingling are leaning birches.
Bright and colorful wildflowers sway,
and water lilies twirl and play.
A swift stream of polished stone turns,
and I am lost among the ferns !

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December...

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No Niihau friend
To see forbidden Aden
Where the time stands still

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Fourth Placement
Contest: Tropical Treasures...

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a lei
warmly undulates in the harbor,
scented blossoms in the surf,
welcoming each voyager
with frangipani, plumeria, shells and
haku mele. the ukulele and current
gently pulls with mellifluous undertow.
a garland aloha and hula hips
enhance each Polynesian hug
in passionate sunrise and sunset hues.

8/7/2018

haku mele — weaving a poetic text, chant,...

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I‘d love to view the northern lights,
a stunning sight which brings delights

Dark skies awash with vivid blues,
with pinks and green or yellow hues

A rainbow in the evening sky -
this spectacle would catch my eye!

To see these lights would make my day ...
must visit Iceland or...

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Whole people know my story
Feel terribly not so sorry
Made a crazy poems about myself
Just want to put them on my shelf.

Here’s another poem from my lips
Giving lessons from my trips
I’ll keep on writing till end of the day
Though I’ll not receive any good pay.

I can...

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I saw her first on windswept plain
Her gold hair shone like sunlit grain
Her skin as fair as cloud above 
A form that spoke to me of love...  

She dainty stepped; I held my breath
My heart did gasp, a gasp of death
For she was lame,...

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I trapped my yodel to you, in a conch shell
Then threw it in an ivory well
    Yodel-lei-hee-you, what-did-I-do?
I made a wish to get it out
But the un-wishing well had no doubt
That in its arms, was where it should stay
With the rest of...

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Mum sent me off to Sunday School
To learn about the Golden Rule
But Satan said,
"Look!  Ilene's shed!
What shall we do for May Day Fool?"...

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I gave a glance but did she see
Then she glanced, and looked at me

Instantly I sensed attraction
Tho' the look took but a fraction,

For happenstance, it paved the way
Ensuring that we met that day

So here am I, in love with you
I now believe... dreams can come...

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Passion for Plumaria

Oh you glorious Plumaria tree
With rich blossoms of pink or gold and white.
Your sweet ambrosial nectar pleases me,
Your lei placed 'round my neck is a delight.
Tropical fragrance wafting in the breeze
Favored flower by each Hawaiian guest,
Grows in abundance on our floral trees
So, with...

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