TOUCHSTONE
I was delighted to discover that
The big blue-handled soup bowl
With its fat sergeant major,
Wavy kelp, squid and scallop
Shell, was made in Kuaui.
Dear Lynne: with all her household
Goods she has endowed me and now
She has willed me her son’s memento
Of island bliss: the fierce Na Pali cliffs
Over-watching white sand beaches,
Bright-feathered Jungle Fowl
Parading the streets, kayaking
The Wilua River and then trekking
In Tevas to the Sacred Falls,
Dramatic over-looks in Waimea
Canyon, admiring the green beans
In the Kuaui Coffee Company groves
And then sampling the sacred brew
That even now recalls Hawaii.
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