Best Poi Poems
How often I have watched the sun descending into dusk,
and dusk, absorbing sun, exudes bright flavors for the eye.
It's eye candy, often variegated, splendid in its hue.
Those hues, dessert at end of day, sweeten with succulent delight.
What delight in skies of mango, cantaloupe or marmalade,
a marmalade of tangerine with raspberry mixed in!
Sometimes in vanilla skies are Crème brûlée or honeyed gold;
golden dollops of meringue above a lemon ball of sun.
Other times, sun lies concealed by clouds in chocolate skies,
or chocolate with the purple-gray of poi in cotton candy wisps of pink -
pink or bright red cherry heavens, sometimes luscious plum -
that plum reflected in blueberry seas; what treat in watching dusk!
Holiday Humor- Limerick Set Poetry Contest
Tania Kitchin
It's Christmas in Hawaii tomorrow
And the blue skies be bright with a rainbow
Santa gets in a grass skirt
And a red Aloha shirt
He makes his way from each home's patio
He'll island hop a surfboard and skateboard
And path his gifts free of all disaccord
Perhaps stop at a luau
And devour some native chow
Santa's Hawaii trip was a reward
When Santa returned home to the North Pole
His starved reindeer met him with a drum roll
To each of his dears a dish
... Hawaiian poi and fish
His trip sans charcoal and snow leis role
Nil Poi!
Nil poi, shove it under there.
Nil Poi, coz we don’t really care.
Nil poi, we are quite elated.
Nil poi, we are vaccinated.
Nil poi, it’s fixed, and it’s done.
Nil poi, but we’re still number one.
Nil poi, you all used our tongue.
Nil poi, with bad diction, bad song.
Nil poi, again Europe’s in tatters.
Nil poi, we win when it matters.
Nil poi, so what’s all the fuss?
Nil poi, you’re nothing without us!
Nil poi, nil poi, nil poi, nil poi,
Nil poi, nil poi, nil poi, nil poi!!!!!
David Cox 22/05/21
Sewing beauty into the seam of
reality, perception of the soul is no
frivolity, filling each moment with conscious
thought, experience each colour the green grass
and the ruby of port, excepting others views will
only distort, that which is your own fruitful
thought, experience the iron which is
wrought, be aware of your own actions,
each experience is poetry in motion,
what’s your intention? To create or
destroy, reality is our toy,
to abuse or enjoy, becomes
irrelevant to greet experience
or become shy and coy, the
wheel of life spinning like fire
poi!
Taras Shevcenco
Nella casematta
Dedicazione ai miei compagni
Reivocate , fratres meos…
Che non ritornino i guai,
Quando miravamo in fiducia
Dalla gallera che finiva mai.
Possibilmente, pensavamo:“quando
Ancora ci vedermo nella vita
Per un dibattito tranquillo
Su quella terra impoverita?”
Pero’, non mai, fratres, non mai,
Noi non beviamo dal Dnipro unitamente!
Avendo difuso la nostra sventura
Nelle steppe e nelle praterie,
Separeremo poi le nostre vie,
E , nella liberta’, un po’ piu’ crederemo,
Prima che vivere cominceremo.
Tra altre persone, come una nazione,
Ma, prima, che lo sara’ successo,
Amatevi, miei fratelli,
Volete bene l’Ucraina,
E, per essa, sfortunata,
Il Signore, pregate,
E, Lo dimenticate, amici,
E non Lo bestemmiate,
E ,nella schiavitù, a volte,
Anche me, ricordate.
Traduzione dall’ucraino all’italiano di Ivan Petryshyn,2016.
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Floccinaucinihilipilification of me
Hurts to the core
About my poetry
He doesn't adore
Interesting lines, humor
Seems to abhor
I hear rumor
See if agree
Stinker or perfumer
floc·ci·nau·ci·ni·hil·i·pil·i·fi·ca·tion
[?fläkse?näse?nih?le?pil?f?'kaSH?n]
noun
rare
the action or habit of estimating something as worthless. (The word is used chiefly as a curiosity.):
"my new book is more than just a 400-page exercise in floccinaucinihilipilification." Example of use. I have not written a book nor have I been published.
2nd POI
Valentine's Day is more special when you
Take your sweet out to eat at a romantic venue.
Add appeal to the meal,
And show him/her how you feel,
With a side dish not found on the menu:
With fajitas and flan
Say "te amo" to Juan;
Serve some "ich liebe dich"
With a schnitzel or fish;
"Aloha wau ia'oe"
Goes with roast pig and poi;
Sigh "je t'aime" if your man
Offers you coq au vin;
If lo mein's what she wishes,
Say "wo ai ni" to your missus;
"Naku penda" suffices
For most okras and rices;
"Aie imasu" to Lucy
As you're sharing some sushi;
Put "ikh hob dikh lib" in a box
With some bagels and lox;
"Ayor anosh' ni" won't sound quirky
With hoecakes and jerky;
Shout "ti amo" with gusto
As you serve antipasto;
"Mi amas vin" you'll emote
Over barbequed goat;
With a nice spicy curry
Try "mea tum se pyaar karta hu" in a hurry,
Though there's no guarantee it will work.
No, it's not a sure bet,
So don't get upset,
And don't fret if you start to feel tinglish.
If everything fails,
Don't start chewing your nails,
Just say, "Darling, I love you,"
In English.
Author's note: The "cuisines d'amour" mentioned in this piece are as follows: 1. Spanish 2. German 3. Hawaiian 4. French 5. Mandarin 6. Swahili 7. Japanese 8. Yiddish 9. Navajo 10. Italian 11. Esperanto 12. Urdu.
Pronunciation is at the reader's own peril…
At Waikiki
I love to catch much of an ocean breeze under the palm trees
To greet ‘Aloha’ to the rising sun on east Diamond Head
To sip a cup of senior discount McCafe on a street-side bench
To join a citizen tossing crumbles for fish’ and birds’ snack
To gaze on sluggish cargo ships offshore and buzzing flights in the sky
To admire a herd of maroon surfers on the silvery surges
To walk alongside with Ala Wai canal chiming the crew rowing a canoe
To brush drops on the head of a sudden shower in broad daylight
To draw a colorful rainbow spanning the misty valley beyond the sea
To sniff the plumeria of lei in the stalls by Kalakaua Ave. and Kapiolani park
To relish a creamy dish of poi and a heaped spoonful shaved-ice
To print my steps on the sands and disperse the foam on the beach
To look on the hula dancers with waving hands and singing Alohaoe
To have a sweet chat with curious tourists from all over the world
To be a romantic promenader in couples strolling along the seashore
To revel in a tone and tempo of strings pricked of ukulele
To bid farewell to the gorgeous sunset over the horizon
To watch splendid fireworks on every Friday event in Sheraton
To stroll around for touting window-shop till the mall opens
To count elysian, bright stars in the full-moon night
To have a dream in dreaming islands of Oahu, Hawaii
I love to exclaim “Mahalo, Waikiki!”, most of all
Copyright 2014
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
POETIC LYRICS BY THOMAS LAM HSI (ANDRESS)
Dedicated to ALL WORLDS CREATED BY THE 'TRUEST...FIRST...LAST...
AND ONLY SOURCE OF LIFE---WHO CREATED ALL 'SO-CALLED' Gods!'
Take...an-orig-inal...RECIPE-FOR-SUC-CESS...an-what/you-get
IS-A/SLAUGH-TER...OF-LAUGHS!
Take...an-orig-inal...RECIPE-FOR-SUC-CESS...an-what/you-get
IS-A/SLAUGH-TER...OF-LAUGHS!
From-the/EAST...to-the/WEST...IS-A/PURE-MIXING/BOWL!
And...from-the/WEST...to-the/EAST...IS-A/CO-MING-LING
OF-DING-A-LINGS!
From-the/EAST...to-the/WEST...IS-A/PURE-MIXING/BOWL!
And...from-the/WEST...to-the/EAST...IS-A/CO-MING-LING
OF-DING-A-LINGS!
IT'S-A/PURE...JUG-GLING...OF/POI-BOWLS-'n-SWEET-SEA/WEED!
IT'S-A/PURE...JUG-GLING...OF/POI-BOWLS-'n-SWEET-SEA/WEED!
A Tropical Storming...UNDER-HOT/FLASHES-AND/ROYAL-TEAS!
A Tropical Storming...UNDER-HOT/FLASHES-AND/ROYAL-TEAS!
It's...ARTHUR/AND-HIS/WHITE-NIGHTS...and/PRINCE-and-PRINCESSES!
It's...ARTHUR/AND-HIS/WHITE-NIGHTS...and/PRINCE-and-PRINCESSES!
FROM-AN/ISLE-OF/TROPICS...TO-A/EUROPEAN/MIXING-BOWL!
FROM-AN/ISLE-OF/TROPICS...TO-A/EUROPEAN/MIXING-BOWL!
A-European/comedy...OF-FIRST/CLASS-ASSES...
THAT'S...A-EUROPEAN/COMEDY...OF-FIRST/CLASS-ASSES!
A-European/comedy...OF-FIRST/CLASS-ASSES...
THAT'S...A-EUROPEAN/COMEDY...OF-FIRST/CLASS-ASSES!
A-European/comedy...OF-FIRST/CLASS-ASSES...
THAT'S...A-EUROPEAN/COMEDY...OF-FIRST/CLASS-ASSES!
Poet's Own Note:
Title songs to an original screenplay by Thomas Lam Hsi (Andress)!
Sorrows slowly release
internal inflictions to
form poetic mouthpiece
Revealing what's true
Narrating through verse
Expressing your view
Life can immerse
Killing your peace
Let words disperse
Pile fallen coconuts
Pierce shelled core of its meat
Pluck taro roots and boil
Pound roots with honeycomb
Pour in tin cans with lids
Place in a ground oven
Poi Kulolo dessert
The curious case
Of
Christopher Flaherty
Who began and started out in life with
a perfectly normal human sized brain
Born with a wise old head on his
shoulder's old before his time
That over time and age regressed
And shrunk into the size of a tiny little
pettit-poi pitt
A fair haired good looking newborn
dribbling from the mouth
Barely able to hold a conversation or
converse precisely yet instantaneously
esthetically rememberable
Decked out and adorned in a bibb wearing
nappies
Sipping from a sippy cup fed by means
of entertaining aeroplane game's
And how he ended up with the most apt
fitting nickname
Christopher
Pee-Wee
Pea-Brain
Flaherty
Who fell victim to age old adage
If you do not exercise or use it
There is a distinct possibility
You may just loose it
And seeing your life being played out
on the silver screen
By some or other guy you may or may not
have ever heard of or come across in your
life before
Who everybody else seems to know or have
in fact heard of and goes bye the name of
and is simply called
Brad Jolie or Anniston I think
Anyhow matter's not as we all know
how this storyline goes
Curiosity ends up kill's the cat in
the end like Tom & Jerry
And besides ive just eat all
of the greens on my plate
And we all know what that spell's
and means to a baby
What follows is
P-U-D-D-I-N----G
Time
porta con sé una croce e la promessa di
riscatto
circoli danzanti attorno al tuo dolore
sussurrando parole dolci a voi come voi
try & sleep,
la sua voce si suppone per portare conforto
suoi incantesimi dovrebbero cacciare gli
problemi che state affrontando e
come mettere il purè caldo con burro
in una sera d'inverno
dovresti sentire come la peggiore
ha finalmente superato &
che ora, siete al sicuro---
e ancora l'amara verità,
esattamente quello che avete ottenuto in questo luogo di
disperazione completa
in primo luogo,
è che sai che sei solo
si sa che non c'è assolutamente nulla
che ti può aiutare
o ti proteggerà
o risolvere i vostri problemi per voi ---
sì, lo sai il tempo stringe
lo si vede quando si guarda allo specchio
mentre i giorni passano e
le rughe aumentano,
ed ora ti senti ancora più ridicolo
quello che avete fatto prima di raggiungere il vostro
perché anche il più grande bugiardo
lui, che cammina con 2000 anni di bugie
costruito su menzogne,
lascia ora è morto dentro ---
ancora di più
rispetto a quando la vostra discesa in distruzione
iniziato.
e proprio quello che è questa fede
che pensi possano aiutare?
quali nozioni passati su di te da parte di alcuni
parente o delirante
amico disturbato,
hai preso a cuore?
si giova di te prima di ingannare te stesso?
ce l'hanno fatta sentire meglio quando
tutti quelli che abbandonato?
ora,
guardate dove vi ha portato ---
un passo più vicino alla realtà
un passo avanti verso
l'intera vuoto
che è una vita.
fermare questo insano modo di pensare
fermare questa convinzione patetica
porre fine alla tradizione di
trasmissione
menzogna dopo
menzogna dopo
menzogna,
per quando finalmente si decide di smettere
sostegno di questo modello di
illusioni maligni
poi,
si inizia a respirare
senza paura.
l'urlo de stelle
eco nella valle
nero
come la prima
sfumatura di rosso
abbracciato
il cielo notturno
sussurro della
brezza blu
solleticare
la sabbia bianca
foaming lusty waves
onde spumeggianti
poi
rejaculated
nel grembo de mare
dove sei ora
l'urlo de stelle
eco nella valle
nero
come la prima
sfumatura di rosso
abbracciato
il cielo notturno
sussurro della
brezza blu
solleticare
la sabbia bianca
foaming lusty waves
onde spumeggianti
poi
rejaculated
nel grembo de mare
dove sei ora