Hilo
Sugarcane stalks, rustle in sunshine
Salt air wafts, as the seagulls complain
Emerald jeweled isle, Hawaii, Hilo side
Kulolo for breakfast, easy to make
Go pick opi’i, maybe catch lobster
Trade for some rice and Tonkatsu sauce
Sunsets on Pacific are crimson to amber
Palm trees a palace, the sky for a home
I cannot go back now, though paradise lingers
In my heart, long beaches, of pristine white sand
Time there is so precious, old souls remembered
Mahalo kamaaina, mahalo wahine
2007-06-22 01:53:08 · 7 answers · asked by TD Euwaite? 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
Opi'i is a muscle. We just throw them on the fire for a minute, yum. Tonkatsu sauce is for in case we catch a chicken....
The last line: Thank you my Hawaiian brothers and thank you ladies.
2007-06-22 02:02:09 · update #1
I lived on Guam from 1971 to 1976. I lived in Hawaii from 1976 to 1981.
2007-06-22 02:59:02 · update #2
Ultimately, I wanted something more than what this poem delivered. You set the table, and you set it with the good silver and dishes, but I'm waiting for the meal. I'm not being mean here, I just wanted you to do more than travelogue. I get that you loved this place, but either I want the chasm of your heart or the torment of your soul, something deeper and or bigger. I also would have liked hearing more internal sound stuff, like the stalks/wafts play. I read these things aloud when they are better than most.
2007-06-22 03:45:21 · answer #1 · answered by Dancing Bee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is not bad, not bad at all for someone thats never actually been to Hawaii. I've been there once, when I came back I was still dizzy with the words, so I rented a Uh a ul and moved to the mountains.
Been there ever since.
Never mind him I want to hear more.
2007-06-22 09:45:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love your descriptive ability. Through your imagery you express your nostalgia and make those of us with memories long with you for home.
2007-06-22 09:03:41 · answer #3 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It made me feel warm (c:
What does the last line mean?
2007-06-22 08:57:30 · answer #4 · answered by Cinnibuns 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are home sick... and need a fix of your homeland...
it seems almost like a dream of the past...
you need to go home and recharge your soul..
good poem...
2007-06-22 08:59:33 · answer #5 · answered by doclakewrite 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"increible", Hermosura de palabras... Beautiful...
2007-06-22 09:52:41 · answer #6 · answered by WhErE Do I BeGiN??? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
expressed very well!
2007-06-22 09:37:15 · answer #7 · answered by s.a.m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋