Paddling Boys of Waikiki

A   L   O   H   A !

I can walk to Ala Wai Park,

 Outrigger Canoes live here

" A city always contains

 more than any inhabitant 

can know, 

and a great city 

always makes the

 unknown and the possible 

spurs to the imagination.” 

                        Rebecca Solnit, 

                                            Wanderlust: A History of Walking

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" 'Au i ke kai me he manu ala "

 "Cross the sea like a bird." 

" Pupukahi i holomua "

 Move forward as one

Hove To, Boys

"A'ohe hana nui ka alu'ia"

 No task is too big 

if we do it together

Classic Paddler in back: 

stiff arm raised to push

 mouth open, shouting the cadence

“I almost wish 

we were butterflies 

and liv'd but

 three summer days - 

three such days 

with you 

I could fill with 

more delight than 

fifty common years 

could ever contain.” 

                 John Keats

" Lawe i ka ma'alea 

a ku'ono'ono."

Acquire your skills deeply

Today's traditional Hawaiian sayings

were collected by the estimable

Mary Kawena Pukui

‘Olelo No‘eau: 

Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings

(Bishop Museum Press 1983)

“Summer will end soon enough, 

and childhood as well.” 

                            George R.R. Martin,

                                     A Game of Thrones

“Green was the silence,

 wet was the light,

the month of June trembled

 like a butterfly.” 

                              Pablo Neruda, 

                                               100 Love Sonnets

By John Webber (1751-1793).

 Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean 

(London, Strahan, 1784).

 Public domain

 via Wikimedia Commons

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