Be still my heart 1391
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Flutter dear heart
Let this mystery start
Of entwined lace
And God’s holy grace
With scented chiffon flowing
Smoke from the chimney blowing
And stifled salted tears
From memories through the...
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Categories:
hawaiians, heart,
Form: Rhyme
God Or god Or
...God is not a cliche,
but a derivative of historical man's interpretation
via ancient civilizations' understanding
as to what a 'deity'
symbolic model
that they had extrapolated
for the me...
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Categories:
hawaiians, appreciation, god, introspection,
Form: Free verse
Prince's Adoptees
..."I have been a stranger in a strange land." Bible, Exodus 2:22
[X]X[X] * X[X]X * [X]X[X] * X[X]X * [X]X[X]
Hungry eyes seek substance, food matters naught--
sees the unpleasan...
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Categories:
hawaiians, abuse, bullying, corruption, fate,
Form: Ballade
The Curse of The Pearl
...Legends from Hawaii, are in themselves,
legendary, like some treasured keepsake.
The Pearls Curse is not on library shelves,
just a few Hawaiians that I forsake ...
Prompts summed place the wor...
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Categories:
hawaiians, absence, betrayal, bullying, culture,
Form: Rhyme
Pipe Lines of Kaimu: Much Ado About Poi
...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 mou...
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Categories:
hawaiians, allusion, analogy, appreciation, culture,
Form: Narrative
Pipe Lines of Kaimu: Heading Out
...A dawning twilight's me. Oh, joy. Oh, what a joy. This day. Oh, what a day. A breath bestills my eyes and I, e'er slight, a deeper breath that reopened them and myself to a blessed pleasing. ...
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Categories:
hawaiians, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, celebration,
Form: Narrative
Kilauea Erupts
...a magma fountain
molten lava boils the sea...
fire morphs into steam
Kilauea erupts
Hawaiians leave gifts for Pele...
to help stem its flow
(Haiku)
06/04/2023
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Categories:
hawaiians, angst, anxiety, beautiful, culture,
Form: Haiku
Hawaiian Eskimos
...*Image of Quebec City by LNEWS.
Hawaiian Eskimos
Quacking lone duckling on a crystal lake,
Queerly hops a loon, faux pas not a mistake,
Quebec, dad's trunk roads for sightseers,...
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Categories:
hawaiians, travel, vacation,
Form: Couplet
The Great Mahele
...*Image of Hawaii State Flag & State Motto/Seal by Pixabay.
The Great Mahele
The Hawaiian islands were overwhelmed,
In the year eighteen hundred forty-three,
Ha...
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Categories:
hawaiians, america, conflict, england,
Form: Sonnet
The Hawaiianism of Ho'Oponopono
...Image of Black Sand & Sand provided by Pixabay.
The Hawaiianism of Ho'oponopono
A word, astir, in undulating waves surges and awash a clear open black shoreline of Hawaii nei, as it re...
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Categories:
hawaiians, forgiveness, power, prayer,
Form: Didactic
Hubbys Folly
...We are off on a long DRIVE to see the famous, re-known big FIVE,
Three hours later at the Kruger National Park we safely arrive,
And cruise among predatory country, beautiful, colorful wildlife,
F...
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Categories:
hawaiians, wife,
Form: Rhyme
Chants of the Palm Fruit Eaters--Cm
...Chants Of The Palm Fruit Eaters--CM
I ate the palm fruits midst, my folks,
Delight in sounds we made.
The gourd chants to our ancestors,
It binds our souls with theirs.
I ...
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Categories:
hawaiians, absence, family, i love
Form: Verse
Extinction
...I,
at risk
Hawaiian.
Soon on list as
gone.
***In the 60's, 'twas bandied about, that we numbered less than 2,000 full-blood Hawaiians that are left. Dread the thought, how many o...
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Categories:
hawaiians, analogy, death, fate, life,
Form: Lanterne
No Talk Stink
..."No talk stink!" Hawaiians say
"Speak just like its Judgment Day"
"No talk stink!" the angels say,
"Speak the words you use to pray!"
For better or for worse
Choose your words like a nurse
No...
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Categories:
hawaiians, anti bullying, character, culture,
Form: Lyric
Ten Words Ten Lines 2-Big Surf Competition
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Ten words ten lines 2-Big Surf Competition
After a long ennui of big wave competitions
surfers take to Oahu's North Shore "to go for baroque."
For these bonafide big wave riders hangin...
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Categories:
hawaiians, beach, beauty, culture, sun,
Form: Free verse
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