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Best Waikiki Poems

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Premium Member When Snow Fell On Waikiki
Sunshine turned to cold sleet
Palm trees froze in place
Tourists walked down white streets.
to shop for hats and boots

Beach boys left the beaches;
 Surfboards were turned...

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Categories: waikiki, fantasy, seasons, winter,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Soaring Hawk - a Haiku Series
Soaring Hawk poised high
Back drop a deep sapphire sky 
Winds in attendance

Mighty wings unfold
Caressing the Wind Spirits
They lift and support

Circling Hawk perceives
Rainbow circle on a...

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Categories: waikiki, beach, beauty, bird, flower,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Till You
I’ve been so many places; traveled down some roads --
Mixed with a thousand faces where the Ganges overflowed.
I've crossed majestic mountains; walked some valleys too...

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© John Posey  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: waikiki, love,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Palettes of Red Dawn
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red dawn tickles flirting dragonflies
on palettes kissing wind’s delight 
clusters of boughs  glint on trees
cuddling nectar on arms,
sun whispers love
a twirling feast
all creation
sipping
dew!




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*Inspiration from...

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Categories: waikiki, happiness, nature,
Form: Nonet
Premium Member Breathtaking
Begin your Diamond Head hike in the early hours of morning as it
Requires two full hours to climb to the top at an
Elevation of seven...

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Categories: waikiki, beautiful, mountains, places, ,
Form: Acrostic



Sunset Beach
Here I am on the isle of Oahu.
This Hawaii vacation was long overdue.
There's a lot to see in Honolulu City.
Have you heard of the beach...

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Categories: waikiki, places, travel, vacation,
Form: Rhyme
Unforgettable Paradise
Life is so different in the islands

Slow moving beauty beyond just the earth

Wailing  waves climb like a roller coaster, pleading for surfers

On the North Shore,...

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Categories: waikiki, beautiful, happiness,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Sandalwood Fan
Sandalwood Fan

On the verandah of the Moana Hotel
Not too many years ago
Under the great banyan beside the
beach at Waikiki

They would bring a fragrant sandalwood fan
to...

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Categories: waikiki, absence, beach, change, memory,
Form: Free verse
Homeless In Honolulu
This is a tropical paradise where many tourists meet.
However, you will still see homeless people living in the street.
These folks struggle to receive a handout.
Each...

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Categories: waikiki, places, poverty,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Paradise Island
PARADISE ISLANDS

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Categories: waikiki, paradise,
Form: Free verse
Our Honeymoon In Hawaii
We saved up all our money and finally said, “I do”, looking forward to our marital bliss and honeymoon in Hawaii. I wondered what it...

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© Lu Loo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: waikiki, vacation,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Till You -- Lyrics
I’ve been so many places; traveled down some roads --
Mixed with a thousand faces where the Ganges overflowed.
I've crossed majestic mountains; walked some valleys too...

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© John Posey  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: waikiki, song-
Form: Rhyme
Bikini Blues
On Saturday night in Waikiki
The teenagers turn rather freaky
Though blue as a smurf
They all love to surf
Like a Kahanamoku tiki!...

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Categories: waikiki, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Far Away
FAR AWAY

shell necklaces tinkle
  palms and fingers tell a story
 awkward hips expound

humidity low in Waikiki
    the eighties so far away

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Categories: waikiki,
Form: Free verse
How I Live
He asked me how I live…what I want…what I do
So I’m thinkin’…hmmmm… My bank account holds plenty
I got a beach house in Hawaii…Waikiki to speak...

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Categories: waikiki, dedication, inspiration, love,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Shattered Sighs