Friday, November 25, 2005

hawaii

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labor day - haiku
stairs
guard takes our photograph;
in fog, a smile's lost
(10-10)





chirping stilt protests
tenuous relationship
on pearl harbor beach
(1-13)







pounding 'f th'taro root,


its echo fills th'valley
(1-15)







rain pounds windward side,
haiku valley mission postponed -
saints day step van tea
(1-14)




urge to pray - during

volcano park ranger's tale,

r'members it's souls' day
(11-14)







twelve hundred degree lava,

best to step aside
(11-14)




kailua tourist -
tells how aunt picked fights over
that turkey carcass
(11-13)





frigid small town vows
behind, waikiki ahead -
surf breaks and crashes
(2-10)








they met 'n oahu,
came over to th'big island -
winter crowds depressed'm
(3-10)







landing, we share dreams -
hers, more champagne, waikiki,
mine, the haiku steps
12-11





pearl harbor tourist -
new year brings recognition
thirty years' nightmares
(1-13)







haiku valley fog
envelops a steep ladder -
balanced on new year
(10-10)






ocean's pearl sparkles
from mainland march, sun has strayed
temptress oahu!
(10-05)








busy restaurant
loses bride's lu'au - groom's eyes
on duke in finals
(3-10)



th’hibiscus blooms red
th’park lass claims they were planted
(6-15)





a nisei’s loyalty,
she says, spraying th’hibiscus,
‘s always in question

(6-15)




lass, mem’ries of hachimachi –
most loyal to th’flow’rs
(6-15)




hibiscus gard'ner -

most nisei loyal, grandma

made hachimachi
(1-15)





easter rains - hilo
laundromat's dull dryer lint,
needle on old jeans
(4-10)






big island sunset -

cobalt sea t'blanket 'f june stars,

tide that pulls both ways
(1-15)

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