Long Maui Poems

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impossible mission to encapsulate notion 
flitting hither and yon, to and fro
within cranium attached to mine body,
whereby irrefutable proof prevails
predicated when yours truly
scrutinizes other people visibly aware,
I a modest married male 
blessed,...

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"Truth are not from the valley of the shadow of death ... Lilith, like all mythological entities, are humanity's creation, to explain--what they cannot," ... by The Poet

Hawaii Nei, bidst Aloha, inoa Pelekane ke'o ke'o,...

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23)   Both Red China and Russia have war vessels on the Bering Sea,
         in international waters, close to the coast of Alaska, and they
 ...

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You won't see this true story in the Main Media. Not long ago an incident took place in Nashville Tennessee. There was a school shooting that took the lives of six innocent people, of which...

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With canoe and hook of a jawbone
  below a great fish Maui snared,
and his brothers half-crazed behaving
  leapt and gouged in frenzy craving.
From Palliser Bay to Cape Reinga 
 (departing place of the...

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I have a favorite subject that I like to talk about…a quirky trend of which I love to speak.
It has to do with things that people simply throw away. What some call “useless junk”…some call...

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My dear brother Butch,

Hair are the highlights of my week:
I got a job at the Hairway to Heaven salon!
Our motto: "We color your hair or dye trying"
When the interviewer said "I mustache you a question..."
I...

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Two Aloha-shirted Hawaiians 
of generous girth were strumming 
their ukuleles 
on a small stage in front of the hotel’s poolside bar
in the late afternoon, 
rehearsing for the night’s performance. 
It must have been the low...

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(okay, yukon axe me whatsapp pinning, 
     though beep pre spired, cuz mess sigh key
     threads experience didst rub burr raw 
     as...

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This Winter will be much colder than last year, 
but not colder than the average temperature.
Make sure you still keep your long underwear!
Precipitation will be above-normal levels for sure.
Record cold has impacted the world since...

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this was written after a day of snorkeling off mile marker 14 in Maui

Dominated by destinations and schedules
I can only look ahead.
Forward to 14.
We must park, we must mark ours.
I must govern us by order...

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My name is Nolan Greenstier,
and I fly a B-52,
on my daily ocean patrol
keeping lookout for the Kaiju.

I know this sounds ridiculous,
like some B-movie from back when,
cube-square law prevents big monsters,
that is what we all thought...

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I’m on a beach on Maui, beautiful surf and sand
Gorgeous bodies right in front of the Grand

A couple over there, perfect tens the pair
Loving life out in the sun and air

Quick glances and some stares
I...

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Maui Wildfires
Miracle Man
8-16-2023

Loved ones lost, others perhaps, forever missing,
and from this disaster some rush to place blame.
Try empathizing with others and abstain from dissing,
lend a helping hand as their lives they reclaim.

To awake one morning...

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Let's celebrate Lei day today
In pageants with a King and Queen
In flowers of each island's hue
A day in which we extol spring.

A day of Aloha's spirit 
Where music's shared in hula dance.
Children wear each island's...

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Hey there Janie,last name Doe...
tell me baby,where ya wanna go?
maybe for a ride feel the wind in your hair,
maybe the nearest park,or an old country fair?

May I suggest,we take the fastest jet
fly overseas,to the sights...

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Pictures shared over the airwaves
Palm trees giving ever so gently
To tropical breezes are captured
As our forever moment in time.
With each sunrise comes the
Rich greens, soothingly calming blues
And gently comforting whites.
A breathtaking scenery of a canvas
Of...

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Maui Sunrise

Warm hands seek out each other in 
Maui's gloaming skies atop Haleakala.
Platinum clouds gather, slightly 
shrouding dawn's shy arrival.

Forehead to forehead, soft breaths, 
sharing butterfly kisses as lilac
skies morph into cerise hues 
reflected on...

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Caren, whose poetry sings with grand plumage,
swims with bouquets of flowers and such. You
inspire me! And aloha to William :)

HAWAII

Bird of paradise, plumeria, jasmine,
orchids, gardenia, hibiscus, primrose.
Aloha sea — paradise welcomes thee.
Cup of gold, elephant’s...

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From the fiery hills of Maui
to the dry Canadian brush
from the flat lands of the delta
down to Texas on the gulf.

The weather’s downright awful
you can hear the people say,
summers sometimes take bad turns,
but it’s never...

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One rainy season of my life
I took a trip to Hawaii where
The Maui Isle awaited me
For two long weeks, without a care.

The beach called to me with its sand
So clean and white and warm as...

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The fires they breach far and wide
yet leaving no nest not low or high
the closer it gets the farther we fly
wind swept smoke clouding the eyes
distance by distance higher the height 
homes all gone as...

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It there’s one gift the world 
we reside in truly needs – it’s 
not fortunes great, oceans wide,
skies blue - but second chances. 

A replay of events decisive, 
Those that made their impact 
though perhaps...

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Maui

Private pristine beaches engage with the sea
Elevate one's senses to highest degree.
White froth from the waves on the light golden sands
Is spread out as if snowflakes, etched by God's hands.

The azure and teal sea reflected...

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A collaboration with Annalise Brigham

On cold wintry days when my thoughts take flight
I‘m off to the great Pacific and her tropical lands
All exotic remnants of paradise in plain sight
How like footprints they seem upon the...

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