COLORS BLEND TOGETHER*

Yellow and orange hibiscus ,
green fields and mountains,
anthurium and red ti leaves,
brown monk seals and plovers,
blue waves and blue, blue sky,
white clouds in the wind,
egrets winging by,
a rainbow necklace overhead
making a strong people--
all the races, blended together,
here in Hawaii,
the land where all colors
call it home.
Aloha. 


  * From a line, All colors blended together, suggested by Clo Ann Smith.  This free verse poem is the result of her suggestion.  Can you try writing your own free verse poem about where you live?  Can you include at least one simile?  Have fun writing today.

  What pictures does this poem make you think about?

Ho-ne-ho-ne: adj. Playing tricks, teasing, fretting; not letting one alone.

A human being is nothing but a story with a skin around it.  Fred Allen

An egret sits
in the mango tree.
Preening his feathers
so patiently.
He knows
what the world
may not see,
it is very nice
in Hawai'i.

  What is your most favorite place in the world?  Your town?  Your school, your bed, the ice cream store, the moon, the beach, at the movies?  What makes it special for you?  Think about using your senses to describe your favorite place.  Can you craft a poem from your description?  Maybe you'd like to try writing it as a riddle poem.  Have fun writing.

Beside the noble art of getting things done, there is the nobler art of leaving things undone.  Lin Yutang

Hau’oli Makahiki Hou!

Happy New Year

  I hope your new year is getting off to a great start with lots of great poetry.  I awoke this morning to the sound of rain and chickens crowing.  What a great way to start a day.  My new coffee pot is plugged in and ready to brew a cup.  The men to unload the cargo container are supposed to be here today.  I'm excited.
  Yesterday I watched my neighbor mowing lawn. It prompted this poem.

CATTLE EGRETS

Cattle egrets
stand in the grass
watching
the lawn mower
make each pass.

First there were two
now there are more.
Last time I counted
there were 24.

Cattle egrets,
oh, what a sight!
The lawn now is
a sea of white.

Here's wishing you a great day filled with poetry.  What will you write about today?    

   Dare to dream big dreams. 

haiku

a cattle egret
flies across purple skylight
a journal page turns

    Happy Sunday.  Did your clock fall back for day-light savings time last night?  Did you get an extra hour of sleep?  It is something we all need. 
    I'm in a State that doesn't observe day-ling savings.  This morning when I woke up the skies were just becoming light and I was treated to the sight of a white long-legged bird flying past.  Today starts a new day, what will you write in your journal?  Can you try writing your own haiku today?  I used the traditional American 5-7-5 pattern for mine, what will you use?