History Dodoitsu Poems

A Honolulu morning
It’s a December Sunday.
Nobody expected this.
Death rains from the skies.

For Russell’s “Red Sun” contest
June 19, 2013
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At the rising sun they came,

driving us from our homeland.

Miles and miles our people limped.

The weakened ones fell.



For the "Miles" contest...

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fields of bold daffodil bells
ring in the Chinese New Year
wealth and prosperity spread
from wild, yellow blooms

bright bells of distinction sway 
a sweet fragrance on the...

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I Grow, I Watch, and I Learn
An old man growing older
Less Likely to Live, then die
Tomorrows’ Sorrows

HIS LOVE floats o’re the Garden
HE Created, HE Enjoys...

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I’m here to tell a story
About my life of Glory
When I was just six foot tall
I was young and small

The log cabin below me
“Mother-in-law, Apartment”
Soon...

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All the nuts fell to the ground
The sane ones on branches hang
Long line from many countries
My family tree...

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Rolf Benirschke place kicker.
Ulcerative colitis
nearly ended his career.
He made a comeback.
Rolf defied the odds.
He holds the Chargers record
for the most points scored.
Rolf brought soccer-style kicking
to...

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Dinosaur Dodoitsu #1
(Just a hypothesis… smiles.)

Early in Earth’s History,
Toxic gases floated here.
Methane ratio was too high,
But God had a plan.

© Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen
January 24, 2010

Poetic...

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