Long Kea Poems

I stood at the top of our dirt driveway looking back at our two-story house. It's kind of a long house where, from our second-floor windows, you can see cars driving on the lane road...

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*Image of Pala au & Nanahoa by Historic Hawaii
AUDIO: Couplet read
VIDEO: Unique Okala Island Off Monumental Cliffs of Moloka'i


Cliff

Cliff's supply the bemused aback.
Amassed jaws sink as all stand back,
tourist gawks, at paired land splendors.
First; mountain...

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Majestically they've stood since time had its start
rising on a cartographer's global elevational chart
Mountain ranges, wondrous works of God's creation
that eyes have beheld for centuries with fasination

Come along with me on this adventure as my...

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A nation with the southernmost capital in the globe
whose identity has constantly been bullied
by the global acknowledgement of a larger one.
A place where economic empowerment comes through films
to the point a movie employed a minister...

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Work in Progress
Mauna Loa Volcano & Kilauea Sister Volcano

The political and spiritual symbolism of Mauna Loa’s historic eruption
“We’re seeing new land, new geographical features being born right in front of our eyes, and there is...

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*Image of Mauna Kea Hilo Bay by Big Island Now.

*Hilo Town, Now and Then

Signs of
     Store Closed
          or Out of Business
 ...

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*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,...

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Slowly spring sun caresses the land
As kowhais will softly provoke 
Flushes of yellow to gently expand
Their buds of the season uncloak
Helping bellbirds escape from winter’s last choke.

Methodical beats of wood pigeon wings
Whoosh thru the quiet...

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One suspects a matagouri temperament
Upon first glimpsing that weathered face.
Wrinkles extending like braided rivers
Life of tussles and toils, to demonstrate.

No stranger to heat or an icy shiver
Indeed he thrives on the wide-open space.
For living on...

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Dawn's diamond dew drops delight
As cooler autumn air descends
Upon the tropical trees in dappled sun
Where wild piglets run, free to forage

Down below the snows of Mauna Kea
Where the rain forests reign supreme,
Where bird songs echo...

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The ABC’s of Morning

Awake  on the dot of seven
Birds     are chirping away 
Coffee… as always, first order of  the day,
Doggy    kisses from Kea
Enjoying  the peace...

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“We must feel glad that, for the moment, the kea has been saved to amuse us, surprise us, even annoy us and damage our property, and cheekily remind us that land was not made just...

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**A lesson offered by the poet in me I've seen,

The lee sides (leeward) of mountains are where the winds parts upwards,
And the warmth of the earthen mound, extends outward becomes trapped,
Within the grasps of escaping...

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Mince Pies for sharing, I’m sure you’ll agree
Evergreen festive lights are a-glowing
Repeats aplenty, our Christmas TV
Recycling bins are all overflowing
Your decorations will brighten the door
Come on let’s celebrate, we’ll both say cheers
Have one more bottle?...

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Ke lekopokopo kea koposela
Se khalisi ka nna
Ke oa hao feela
Ke metsi a pula kea lelemela
Senoa-mapholi ke nna
U le naha-thote
Ke mabele kea qalana
Nthonake rebe ngoe
Mehopolo eaka ka oena
E metle seka sejana
Se sa jeleng
Kea boulela 
Ke lepoloka...

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