Short Wai Poems

A youth had come from La-na-i

He like to surf on Ka-ua-i

He slept on the plane,

Had no one to blame

Surfed on the isle of Ha-wai-i...

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Deadly Bagua style
slithers in snake form then strikes
lightning saber pierce 

(Inspired by 'The Grandmaster' movie directed by Wong Kar Wai, renowned for his visually unique, highly stylised, emotionally resonant work.)...

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where stolen breath and sun stuck eyes
when wave bows before the break
in shadow want where lips taste
that insanity break
when all seems well
that silk swallow as rasping sheets constrict
the moment when loss accepted
that drifting talk of self and thought
that eye closed wind caress
in nights of summer haunt
where grasping memories dissipate
from dust crumble fingers
when mist and lake share a kiss
as raven spook meets streetlights gaze
just wai...

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We cannot see but can believe
with a seed there is a tree
with love there is hope
we cannot see but can believe
its like moving mountains
we cannot see but can believe that the light and all its glory is still to come

E kore taea te kite ka taea te whakaponohia
He kaakano ka puta te raakau
He wai, ka puta te wairua ora
He aroha, ka puta te tumanako
E Kore taea te kite engari ka taea te whakaponohia
Ko te Aho Haeata
Akuanei ka hoki mai te Aho Haeata me tona kororia...

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