O Sierra Loa, the mountain of lions
A land of thy free, O native land.
A symbol of God's majestic hand
A nation so small yet peaceful and grand.
Beneath your ever clear sky
Merry mountains and gay valleys lie.
Home to air that touches hearts far and wide.
For you my song and hymns will always bide.
Your rivers, your vast and wide seas
As blue as the eyes of lion mountains
Flow like the taps of royal fountains.
The beauty of you my eyes will always see.
Oh native land, my home, my heart
In you I found the courage since the very start
To wave through the storms of our gloomy past.
The love in you, o native land, all my worries I cast.
A place of 7000 islands
and natural beauty,
know as
Pearl of the Orient.
Images lovely to behold,
a rich and diverse history,
of pearl diving and much more.
History tells of,
The Pearl of Loa Tzu,
and his discovery of
a huge pearl from a
fourteen pound clam !
Over 1000 years old !
Oh, sublime the many sunny beaches,
divine the flavorful food,
colorful the vibrant festivals,
beautiful in spirit the people,
so rich the culture.
Crossroads of the Pacific Ocean
and the South Asia Sea,
the Philippines is a place,
where dreams can come true !
*Neighboring Mauna Kea has been sleeping for centuries, but notice the red flows popping and flowing in the gray areas below Mauna Loa's actual summit. Those are rift zones that pave through gray areas untouched, then pop out further downhill wiping out whole communities. BEWARE OF RIFT ZONE--which has been ongoing now.
Mauna Loa created Kilauea Iki, Pu'u O'o, Halemaumau, and Loihi Seamount (the underwater volcano).
*Image of The Big Island Rift Zones by UHH
A Rift Zone
Our fatigued town of Hilo by the bay,
woke late Sunday and watched black turn to gold.
Midnight's oil peters ere dawn the next day,
seen three lava streamed, some people unsold.
Volcanologists call it, a rift zone,
where red skies mock as magma glows on top
while forcing lava tubes neath, treks unknown.
O'er a hundred quakes daily, stresses swap.
Slams of earth's crust formed Everest's complete,
Mauna Loa was churned out from the ground up.
Twenty-nine faced thirty-three thousand feet,
shows this volcano's peaks, win the gold cup.
Confidence of sight, conscious bets clearly,
ignorants deal with escape plans dearly.
2022 December 01
A to Z 1 to Infinity - , Eureka's;: N O M O?
VOILA!
Being kicked to the curb
while skipping to the loo
my friends.
Now back to my shake and bake,
small town of Hilo,
that sits on the bay
below erupting
Mauna Loa &
the 100+ tremors
daily since it began
this past Sunday late at night.
Aloha Hilo Poet William
IF ONLY WE COULD
If only we could hold the steady
Pulses of time through the earth,
So likely to stop at any moment.
We’d calmly plant marigold and pansy beds,
Even find time to learn the piano,
If only we could.
If only we could visit again
Bali’s nail-biting thrumble of dormant
Volcanoes less reliable than Mauna Loa.
We just don’t want to visit you here,
Between cold stones and cut flowers ;
But to stay home with your pansies and you,
If only we could.
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Written 27 March 2021
For contest called "Mother"
Sponsored by Constance La France
Oh DEER, You again….
At the crack of dawn
Outside my bedroom window
Unexpected noise? Chewy, crunchy, crumbly
……I’m trying to sleep
Oh dear! deer is staring at me
fearlessly
Uninvited guest crackling my succulent plants
for breakfast
Astonishing red, orange and pink sky at sunset
Oh dear, You again……
And you even brought a friend!
Sipping heavenly rainwater in Bromeliad’s central reservoir
Oh dear, dinner menu upgraded to
cabbage-like
Mauna Loa succulents
large flat leaves frilled at burgundy
edges. But pink showy flowers
wavy, ruffled, bumpy
thick foliage leaves
- absolutely your favorite
Dark in late evening
Two yellow dots shinning in mystic hill
Oh dear, You again……
Let's give a big shout out to all those parasites out there
vile and creepy
full of doom
entering at night
by the light of the moon
slyly scoot across the room
nails click on floor
a malicious tune
clicking clicking be there soon
invading bodies
while they sleep
parasitic ones
you go too deep
traversing thru body
thru heart getting fed
undulating darkly
they bloody our beds
they cant live without us
they'll breed till were dead
inside our bodies
swimming thru veins
parasitic ones eating up our brains
till finally we're crazy
completely deranged
Vandellia cirrhosa
Loa Loa too
these deadly parasites
got nothing on you
you leave when your done
you search for another
what is your deadly name
we all call you FATHER
Kyd my cat played hooky from giddy-up to whoa
I had to send him to the land of Mauna Loa
He changed from bad to worse
By debits to my purse
"Papa","I am Cavity the cat boana boa"
KYD MY CAT/Limerick/fun/humor/nonsense/cat/
Copyright© RAJAT KANTI CHAKRABARTY
11/20/2014
Dear Soup Members,
Carol's list of winners is much too long for me to comment on individually, but I am
reading each of your winning poems I may have missed and I want to congratulate all
of you on your winning poems! Carol really had her hands full with this contest because
of all of these amazing entries. You are to be commended for all your effort Carol. You
did a wonderful job in choosing the winners and I am honored to be among them.
I want to thank everyone for your sweet congrats on my poem being included.
Mahalo Nui Loa! (Hawaiian for Thank you very much) Aloha, Connie
Long have me feet walked..bare upon de earth of mother Afreeca.
Days, passing in a flow’r chain round de brow of de morn.
De sacred drum calls wid de heart beattin of de Hougan’s soul
Afreeca’s soul ...
Long, long, de walkin from village mounta’n citie
to the hounfour ... de temple of de people.
We walk joy’us, and penit’nt and pleadin‘.
Mama carries de food gift fer Ogou Balanjo on her head,
corn meal she ‘as ground fine. "Ah, de poor sick child"
De glass beads aroun‘ Mama’s neck shine
like her tears in de sun an de sweat on her skin.
We ‘ear de rattlin‘ and de drummin.
Dust of de many feet rises.
'undreds and thousands of worshipers pack de square
in front of de temple and dance red, gold, orange swirl
honorin‘ our parents and der parents.
Long, long, we dance, we dance, and de Loa arrive ...
Mama falls possessed by Ogou Balanjo ...
De white robes of de pure at heart, and does wid de white faces
dance de prayers, de priests returns from de sacred grove
white rock, egg white of wealth and happiness
de year will be good ... de sick child will heal ...
Long, long, the world has spun in a daisy chain
Around de sun............
”... Seven dimes placed and a penny in my shoe…”
The law of attraction works really quite well
Undeniable secrets of long ago
Modern understandings prove to know
Better mixed up what the Bookie was to show.
”....Times a changin’... so hear we go….”
Bajillions of people for how many years?
Focused on stories of love or fear?
Looking inward to see it’s clear
A motion of Soul, returns the great gear.
Grounding of a pole in copper fields
SixtyNine lines minus one Reveals….
88 constellations on a primary wheel
Five toes on One, very delicate heal…
Five decks a glass shoe, forged of steal
”.... forgive me Lord, A pearl in the snow…”
Seven coins traced eight lines to know.
The law of attraction is a fraction of truth
Magnetic motion ensues a sleuth to view
LOA is only part way to the joy within You
Detecting inflection is the kitten's clue and
Relaying the play for your color of Blues...?
Is a Lion wearing Pink, on Her jogging shoes.
I want to say thank you
In some of the languages of the world
To all the soup members
For you have helped my heart to twirl
You've add bits of humor, rhythm, and definitely some rhyme
From writings on many topics when you have the time
Thank you (English)
Muchas gracias (Spanish)
Danke schoon (German) Suppose to have two dots on top of the schoon but I don't
know how to do that
Merci beaucoup (French)
Arigato gozaimasu (Japanese)
Grazie (Italian)
Topadh leibh (Scottish Gaelic)
Toda raba (Hebrew)
Mamnoon (Farsi (Persian))
Spasibo (Russian)
Liels paldies (Latvian)
Efharisto poli (Greek)
Toa chie or Xie Xie (Chinese)
Shukran gazilan (Arabic)
Obrigado (Portugese)
Mahalo nui loa (Hawaiian)
In a round about way this came from the internet. If any are wrong correct me . If
you can add some put it in the comments box. Everything we learn helps us to
grow.