A L O H A
From
Honolulu
Evening brings love,
Night brings rest,
Stars lean softly
Against the west.
Dreams unfold
On quiet air—
Morning waits
With hope to spare.
Cloudia Charters
Lady Quail
The California quail,
Callipepla californica.
Notice the forward-curving
black plume, tasteful
patterned buff (female)
and gray-blue body
(males, below)
Quiet feathers, wild spirit.
By Pixie
Rise gently, wander freely,
Little quail
Hidden in the grass.
Where brush is thick,
The quail is clever.
Wise in shadows, seeds,
And sudden flight.
Pixie
Ahupua`a are
the traditional ancient
land divisions of
our Hawaiian isles.
This sign represents the
altar of stones (Ahu) marking the
historic boundary. Sacrifice of pig
(Pua`a) were placed
atop the pile.
the traditional ancient
land divisions of
our Hawaiian isles.
This sign represents the
altar of stones (Ahu) marking the
historic boundary. Sacrifice of pig
(Pua`a) were placed
atop the pile.
Each Ahupua`a district
was like a slice of pie:
Thin inland atop the mountain,
broadening out like a pie slice
to encompass a stretch of coast.
The people of each Ahupua`a
enjoyed the bounty of
Mountain, Plains, and the Beach
with it's fish and sea vegetables.
What You lack today
Shall surely be
Returning.
Cloudia & Pixie
👦👧👨👩💁💂💃💆💇
Love You,
Pixie & Cloudia
💏💑😸🙅🙆🙇🙈🙍🙎
6 comments:
Greetings from Honolulu from my country Slovenia! I miss the translator, but I added you to my friends, Andreja!
...Evening brings love,
Night brings rest,
Stars lean softly
Against the west.
Dreams unfold
On quiet air—
Morning waits
With hope to spare.
Cloudia Charters, beautiful.
It is yet another rainy morning here after our dreams and rest.
The Ahupua`a concept sounds like a great idea, so people can share all types of resources.
Lovely poetry today! The quails are quite beautiful birds, aren't they? Can't imagine eating one (but I dare say I have at one time or another.)
Love the quails and the words today, Cloudia. ;-)
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