A Little Piece of Hawaiian Land

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Open Poetry #50

A Little Piece of Hawaiian Land

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

0 posted 2017-02-16 04:48 PM

A Little Piece of Hawaiian Land

She stood pleasantly by the road
to sell her fresh mangoes
and papaya's and banana's,
even local grown avocado's
and kiwi's;
she was willing to lower
her price a bit
if she knew the buyer was needy
and it seemed like there was
a lot of that going around lately;
she was known to trade some fresh mangoes
or papaya's for some fresh fish
caught that morning by a local fisherman;
later she would cook that for lunch or dinner,
enough to feed her family of five,
of grandma, herself and three small keiki's,
thankful that a few local fishermen
were looking out for all of them;
making sure the local fish
filled the bellies
of those that lived in this small
but happy North Shore town.

JamesLee
2/16/17

Thank God!
That was one thing they had a lot of,
this little piece of Hawaiian land
to grow fresh fruit upon...

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2017-02-16 04:56 PM

A wonderful bit of nostalgia, James. Enjoy!

~ If they give you ruled paper, write sideways. ~

Bluesy Socrateaser
Member Elite

since 2002-11-07

Posts 2417
In The Mirror

2 posted 2017-02-17 07:23 PM

I'm not as needy as the young one in your story James, but I've always enjoyed bartering. Everybody wins.

...just bein' Bluesy

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

3 posted 2017-02-18 09:11 AM

fine 'slice of Hawaiian life' write !

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

4 posted 2017-06-07 03:24 PM

Very nice, James.

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

5 posted 2017-06-07 07:34 PM

Very nicely written James . . .

j.

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

6 posted 2017-06-08 10:19 PM

very nice, a taste of paradise for me

yann

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

7 posted 2017-06-09 06:48 AM

Nice work sharing that bit of paradise. ~L

Poet In Pink
Senior Member
Posts 1066
MI

8 posted 2017-06-09 05:48 PM

Hello James Such a quaint picture you paint ~ A very heart warming look of a community that shares and sees after each other ~ Much enjoyed ~ Alana

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