Best Taro Poems

Emerald green that shines on
gleaming green jewel bug
Algae green of the serene pond
And there swim the shoveler ducks

Harlequin green from areca leaves pinnate
Softly grins when sunrays gently penetrate
And the dark green on betel leaves
Oh ho, the deep red on tongue it leaves

Light green of the...

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Archetypes flash straight from a pack of Tarot cards
anti-terror Jing Jang synthesis with neuro-spiritual precision
implants explosive animation from the deep unknown
like a taro rootstock growing wings to fly with found suspension

Stereotactic stereotypes archetypes semi-circling soothing storm clouds
thunderbolts and enlightening darkness are my enema of anxious...

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DATE: 27th June, 2022.

POEM TITLE: A Morning’s Play 


In a misty morning simmer,
where droplets run along
blades of grasses in limber
to a game of ‘who grows bigger’
until a splatter rings a song,
a brief play date gone wrong.

Pearls on taro leaves form ripples,
upon the water's face,
rolling off...

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Light tropic breezes
carry colorful balloons
across taro fields

While ancient homesteads
dotting the quiet landscape
stand frozen in time








Written on 5/24/2015
Haiku...

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Snail's sticky tongue feet
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African embodied in a birth of a nation,
I do apologize for my lateness in my African time
To the only goddess of Mother Nature in her smell of sweet
Grains of mountainous African mahogany, fruits; mahlatswa, ditshidi.

Picking up well blended colored African butterflies
Flies wild in to the...

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Behold the beauty!
a bliss! a miracle!
deep in azure cloak,stretching end to end,
at far horizon burns an amber ring,
morphing sleeping sapphire sheet in tangerine ;

harbinger of dawn!

birds rise high,dancing in skies
escorting the soothing rays,chained in feathers,
bathing every leaf and petal;
the golden disc charm the cerulean,
rising ...

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Inspired by live event
on Ramblas Boulevard, Barcelona

Barcelona… Summer raining night…
Gentle shower sprinkles down the faces.
In the whole world the only light:
It comes straight to me from Spanish Artist spaces.
He is so much tired of hard work.
He would take a nap in cozy house
And exchange soft...

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"Just live a little, Hawaiian style!" Quote by Hawaiian Style Band.

On the first day of Christmas, my tutu gave to me,
-- (and...) a-*Ne-ne-Goose-un-der-a-gua-va-tree.
(guava fruits are the best part of their diet--trust me)

On the second day of Christmas, my tutu gave to me,
-- two *Gardenias
(*Hawaiian gar-DE-nias...

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COVID-19 a contagious disease
inherited from SARS-COV-2 borne
a new killer disease, called coronavirus.
Weak immune system, a havoc to your
frail body, exposure can kill anybody.

Quarantine, I’m afraid they’ll force, if I didn’t 
cancel my flight to Japan, to meet my 
Gogyoshi Master Taro Aizu san this coming...

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Welcome to a typical 'Luau' spread. The first thing that is best to learn is the Hawaiian word, 'ono', which means, delicious. It's a word bandied about before and after food goes in your mouth. In later years, it became a slang word as 'onolicious.'...

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AUDIO: Song was written by a Hawaiian queen after her king dies overseas,...

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I am now as old as the days
Of grandma's stories.
But I remember the tales as the boy
Who heard them.
There were songs too,
In ancient tongues.
Grandma sang -
O my old man! You who ate taro root
And died,
Eat pumpkin and come back.
King's horse has a stiff tail.
Are you...

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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




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after Solomon

Entering the door
After shrouding the porch
With the night of a cold kiss
Darkness climbs the stairs
And engulfs me in its throat
My eyes sink into bottomless sea
With waves in havoc
On which no son of man walks
I sense earth slipping away
From underneath my feet
Groping around heaps of...

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