30 Apr 2014 4 Comments
in poetry Tags: beauty, blossom, fragrance, knowledge, mist, NaPoWriMo, old, photography, rain, rose, sun, survival, sweet, wild
Final poem for NaPoWriMo 2014:
#30
Your petals are wilting,
Still soft with sun
And rain that graced you
In soft mists and torrent showers
In your youth,
Survived,
Though the heat was strong
your fragrance held its own
Sweet with knowledge,
Heart flushed with beauty,
and wild with impulse,
You blossomed,
Opened,
Despite your thorns,
Despite pain,
Despite sorrow,
Your touch remained gentle,
Delicate resonance,
I inhale you,
Breathing in
All that you are,
All that I am.
April 30, 2014
22 Jun 2013 Leave a comment
in poetry Tags: Aotearoa, canoes, Hawaii, Ka Lae, Ka`u, land, migration, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, South Point, stones, strength, survival, wa`a
They came out of the deep void,
Prows pointing north in embryonic fluid,
Connecting east and west, time and space
To Ka Lae, a place where the universe converges.
They came with tongues swaggering with heat, and bodies aching,
Bringing with them stones from the bones of the earth,
Prostrating to the unforgiving land,
Laying down their gifts.
Lovingly, they greeted her lacerating winds,
And gratefully, endured her Keawe thorns,
Some planting feet in dust, and sand, and stone,
Where Gods and Goddesses once roamed,
And made their home beside the sea,
While others with umbilical cords rooted in Ka`u
Charged forth into the Universe in great canoes
From ancient tidal pools of changing times and stone warriors,
Leaving mythic tales behind in seven wakes,
Under the guidance of a celestial vision
Carried stones wrapped carefully with love
for the final journey home,
To a place they had never seen before.
©KKLE June 20, 2013
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