Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Hawaii


cobalt sea, high tides –
‘f th’longest day would ever end,
you’d see th’million stars
(3-17)




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ready for th’fireworks
three tours ‘n iraq, ‘n’ t’ th’hilo man,
sensitive subject
(12-17)






makaha surfer –
th’deepest ‘f summer tans, ‘n’ quite calm,
‘til th’kid steals his wave
(11-17)





currency broker –
fiscal year, ‘n’ th’dollar’s shaky,
waikiki, so calm
(10-17)





forbidden because
it’s risky – hard rains on th’fourth
in th’haiku valley
(10-16)






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





koi pond rest’ration –
big island tourists’ve seen him
work labor day too
(12-17)







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






pounding 'f th'taro root,
while lava 'n' th'condos advance -
its echo fills th'valley
(1-15)






banyan tree ‘n front street
if costumes flaunt th’native ways,
then what ‘bout th’hiker?
(10-16)









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)







volcano park tale –
souls’ day, it’s true, ‘n’ ev’ryone’s
standing on lava
(3-17)






vets' day, pahoa -
twelve hundred degree lava,
best to step aside
(11-14)






obsessed with th’tweetstorm –
even as th’turkey’s ready,
th’hilo lass checks th’phone
(11-17)






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








pacific sailor –
weeks ‘t sea, comes t’dock ‘t pearl harbor
on its special day
(4-17)









ev’ry december,
dreamed ‘f bombs ‘n’ death – never dreamed he’d
go back t’pearl harbor
(10-16)








chirping ‘t pearl harbor,
stilts on th’beach don’t know this day
ev’ryone else does
(10-17)









season of giving
makaha surfer’s touchy
about a good wave
(12-15)






still mad ‘t obama –
came t’th’islands f’r th’hol’days, never
wore th’aloha shirt
(12-15)



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pounds ‘f fresh rambutans
‘bout full, when they heard th’alert,
this is not a drill
(1-18)







thirty eight minutes
th’sea’s blue, th’air’s warm, ‘n’ he’s on th’world’s
tiniest island
(1-18)








won’t watch th’super bowl
says ‘t kept th’mainland from seeing
elvis in hawaii
(10-16)







th’year elvis came t’town,
th’super bowl kept th’world away
‘n’ now no one’ll watch it
(12-17)





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






tycoon with th’model –
besides champagne ‘n’ th’twelve-hour flight,
nothing else ‘n common
(10-16)







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)








metal stairs unhinged,
haiku valley shrouded in fog –
nother year, ‘bout gone
(6-16)






broker ‘n waikiki
t’him, th’place is like a mistress,
kiss her at th’new year
(10-17)







broker, waikiki
th’infinite blue ‘f th’ocean,
epiphany ‘t th’ticker
(2-16)








big island sunset –
th’cobalt blue ‘f th’sea moves on, takes
th’epiph’ny with it
(10-16)









he likes th’kona storms
when there’s snow ‘n mauna kea,
he’ll go up t’see it
(3-16)





lanai petroglyphs –
they speak through th’ages, even
when th’kona winds blow
(3-17)







waits for th’kona storms
‘leven months ‘f perfect weather,
‘bout t’go out ‘f his mind
(3-17)






kona winds, hilo
little bad weather, in truth
makes him feel better
(7-17)




tale ‘t banyan tree square –
local tells ‘f th’winter th’whalers
stoned lahaina
(3-16)






tales ‘f lahaina
why th’whalers, so mad ‘t th’village,
threw stones ‘t th’banyan square
(3-17)







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






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







makaha surfer
not much t’show f’r th’tax refund, but
by god that’s his wave
(10-16)









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








chance visit t’ th’lava
spring break – found his true calling,
restoring koi ponds
(10-16)







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








a nisei’s loyalty,
she says, spraying th’hibiscus,
‘s always in question
(6-15)





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nisei’s memory –
th’hibiscus gard’ner cries t’tell
‘bout th’hachimachi
(12-17)


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






hibiscus gard'ner -
most nisei loyal, grandma
made hachimachi
(1-15)







hibiscus gard’ner,
‘n kapiolani, th’queen’s garden –
hard part’s hauling th’mulch
(10-16)






fresh hibiscus, right ear –
th’locals in honolulu
know just what it means
(6-16)



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loyalty’s earned, says
th’kapiolani gard’ner –
hibiscus in ‘r ear
(10-17)











wears th’fresh hibiscus
maybe like th’sailor’s earring,
depends on which ear
(3-17)







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





easter fog ‘n’ drizzle –
pu'u loa petroglyphs
still speak t’ th’visitor
(3-17)






deals in currencies –
even ‘n easter ‘n waikiki,
f’nancial obl’gations
(10-16)






pu’u loa
th’children, so happy school’s out,
try t’read th’petroglyphs
(3-17)





 
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her majesty’s park
with grace ‘n’ care, she handles th’flow’rs,
th’hibiscus, in th’sun
(12-17)




fresh bird ‘f paradise
her purpose, t’honor her aunt
‘n th’valley of th’temples
(12-17)






feeling ‘f cobalt blue –
farthest point on th’big island,
solstice sunset t’ th’west
(10-17)







big island sunset -
cobalt sea t'blanket 'f june stars,
tide that pulls both ways
(1-15)




e pluribus haiku

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