15 Hawaiian Haiku

“I’m in between jobs”—
said casually en route
to Honolulu


Mosquito, my blood
isn’t so sweet as you think!
Muggy afternoon

 

Song of the river

gurgling under choirs of birds—
what’s to desire now?

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Before I was born
this was my face—giant sky
over the ocean

Two drifting clouds merge

with fiercely kissing faces
over the ocean

Bearded king’s cloud face

morphs into a crying clown’s
over the ocean

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Tunnel Beach, Kauai—
a hen fights off a pesky
dog and wanders on

A plump seal sneezes

while she sunbathes on the shore—
people take pictures

She finally got

a shot of him standing up
on his surfboard!

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Grey-bearded long-haired

man whooping and hollering
after his surfing

Can’t see the stars yet—

only rolling water and
twittering crickets

A sky so full of

stars it could be snowing them—
nightfall in Kauai

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A fist-shaking raving

man becomes a waving friend—
clouds over the sea

A skull whispering

counsel to a doubtful man—
clouds over the sea

The whispering rain—

So what’ll we do today?
Just sit and listen?



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