*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
Categories:
mauna, natural disasters,
Form: Sonnet
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
Categories:
mauna, anti bullying,
Form: Dramatic Verse
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
Categories:
mauna, together,
Form: Prose Poetry
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……
Categories:
mauna, animal,
Form: Free verse
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 during daylight
And crickets and coqui frogs chirp in eve's
Moonlight as nature's lullabies linger long.
Cooler temperatures prevail presenting
October skies, a welcome relief from the
Summer's humid heat that slows the feet.
Autumn serenely shares her halcyon hues
In lilting leaves that dance when leaving trees
To grace the grounds in a mélange of mounds
As her frosty breath awakens soulful zest.
9-13-19
Strand Choice Y Poetry Contest
Sponsor Brian Strand
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~First Place~
Fall Into Fall Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Chantelle Anne Cooke
_____________________________________________
~Second Place~
Contest Name Best free verse Jul-Dec 2019
Sponsor John Hamilton
Dec 9, 2019
Categories:
mauna, autumn, october, rainforest,
Form: Free verse
Mauna Kea is 44K,
Mount Everest is 29K,
Kea is measured from ground level,
Everest is on a shelf level.
Date: 08/31/2019
Categories:
mauna, 12th grade,
Form: Couplet
**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 winds that lifts, carries its prisoners of air,
As the winds go beyond, the trapped air burst over the mound and holds,
Whispers they are part of the mound and choose to remain for a moment,
The brevity of time, the mound holds its vague strands that hovers tenderly,
Their embrace ingratiates eyes far below, for nature's love is for all to behold.
**last two images of where I live in Hilo, Hawaii of 50k residents and Mauna Kea (White Mountain--'snow capped') firstly clear skies and lastly one with the lenticular cloud above it.
Categories:
mauna, beautiful, education, imagery, inspirational,
Form: Free verse
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
Categories:
mauna, fun, humor, nonsense,
Form: Limerick
Rhythm in a baby’s cry,
ripples in a dew drop,
creases on a rose petal,
melody of a untouched flute.
Rays of a young sun,
Stimulation on the afternoon dust,
fragrance of the evening breeze,
breath of your presence,
the fire, the wind, the oceans.
The vibrations of silence,
the meaning of being and the eternal smile.
Categories:
mauna, devotion,
Form: Free verse
sharp wind and snowfall
etched name on ancient mountain
light archs-cut angles
mists circle summit
chilled lava rock formations
Pele vacations
night falls mistily
artistic rain brushed dreamscape
Mauna Kea sleeps
Mauna Kea, located on "The Big Island of Hawaii" is Hawaii's largest Volcano,usually having
snow atop the summit year round.
Categories:
mauna, nature, places
Form: Haiku