Hawaii here I come
not for a day or a week but
for three whole months
I want to really get
to experience the island
meet your friendly people
climb each volcano
try on a grass skirt
dance at your luaus
run along your beaches
snorkle and see your reefs
listen to the whales swim by
No intentions of leaving until I have learned
the smell of each Hawaiian flower
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Submitted on January 4, 2026 for contest DREAM DESTINATION sponsored by SOTTO POET - RANKED 2ND
If you're going to Honolulu
be sure to wear a flower behind your ear
if you're coming to Honolulu
you're going to meet some gentle people here
more than just a fashion statement
a plumeria represents birth love
spring and new beginnings
so it’s no surprise
a woman's romantic status
it can also symbolise
if you're married or unavailable
wear it behind your left
on the right if you're willing to mingle
want to meet a romantic partner
looking for love and you're still single
Her first time on a board,
was February 1922,
at Muizenberg Beach, South Africa,
then again, in August too,
the lady surfed Honolulu,
Hawaii, where,
by Duke Kahanamoku,
there she may have been taught,
and in Waikiki lost her shorts.
Who would have thought,
of all the girls
in the whole wide world,
she was the sort to shoot the curl.
Tho' a novel way to spend the day,
no crime this time, yet still a mystery,
was the surfing passion of Agatha Christie.
The shade of a monkeypot tree
Is as cool as the shade can be
But monkeypod pox
Can chill city blocks
So please keep your distance from me!
n.b. FIVE cases of monkeypod pox
reported in Honolulu, where
monkeypots are called monkeypods
It's Honolulu,
located on Oahu
It's there just for you.
Honolulu's Pothole State Park
Is a scary place after dark
With potholes so deep
Anything could creep
From octopus to Great White Shark!
fresh scent of his shirt, pressed
to my nose — Honolulu fire
frangipani and hibiscus passion
(too hot for the millennials)
fine-wine aged, luxuriant tastes.
Oh, Babe!
3/13/2019
What I Love Contest
Sponsor- Maureen McGreavy
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 day is living with some considerable doubt.
Survival means putting up a daily fight.
However, it is warm enough so they don't freeze at night.
Along the thoroughfares just north of Waikiki Beach,
the homeless wander well within reach.
Just like the cities located in the continental forty-eight,
Honolulu has some citizens who have arrived at a bad fate.
There was once a lawyer from Honolulu
Who always suffered from flu
He never stood before the judge
If he was offered a fudge
And a ticket to the land of the zulu
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