Aloha, Kolea (Golden Plover)
"The ornaments of your house
will be the guests who frequent it."
Unknown
I HAVE a spine! It's just pink, that's all!“That old black magic has me in its spell,
Johnny Mercer
A`ole (No) Opala (Garbage)!"Water and air,
have become global garbage cans."
Jacques Yves Cousteau
Gentle Skies
"I heard the church bells hollowing out the sky
Deep beyond deep, like never-ending stars."
Sir John Betjeman
I Think We're Alone
"It's often just enough to be with someone.
I don't need to touch them. Not even talk.
A feeling passes between you both.
You're not alone."
Marilyn Monroe
This morning is hazy & still
with a tang of Autumnal chill in the air.
A gentle atmosphere pervades, as if the sky, sea and isle
were rendered in soft pastels.
The kolea,
thin from their trans-pacific flight,
settle in to the broad lawns of their winter territory.
The deep dawning present
expands like a deeply grateful breath.
Filling me with such NOW
that I have no room at all
for future worries or concerns..
Pele's vog wreathes us
hiding Oahu half in myth
like the legendary destination we are;
A living, glittering,
golden treasure
where the sheer intensity of beauty
charms us each away
from chronic ways of seeing,
and being.
Welcome to Waikiki in late October.
A quiet season
with ample time to wander
and waking-dream.
Tomorrow
the freshening Trades will return
pushing winter along
whose clear blue skies
of amazing intensity,
whose hula-swaying palms,
will stir like mesmerized titans.
Mountains so sharp
they inscribe themselves,
incise themselves,
into the viewers heart.
Thanks to El Nino
it should be a cool,
dry,
subtropical winter.
Twain called it "eternal Summer"
in the "loveliest fleet of islands
anchored in any ocean."
So welcome to Waikiki
in late October.
ALOHA, Honored Guest! cloudia
