(441)▪︎[ Who Is Whom? … 5•2•2020 ]

[ Do You Know Who Is Stabbing Who ]
[ While They Are Shaking Hands With Whom? ]
[ Will It Really Bother You? ]
[ To Know Who Just Left The Room? ]

[ When He Left, He Just Walked On By ]
[ He Neither Said (HI) ]
[ Or (GOODBYE) ]

[ Why Was That, You Wonder Out Loud? ]
[ It Is Not Like You Were In The Middle Of A Crowd ]

[ Then You Could See ]
[ How He Would Not Want To Be Seen ]

[ After What He Just Did To Someone You Consider A Friend ]
[ & Then He Asked You ]
[ (WHERE DOES THIS END?) ]

[ You Wonder Why ]
[ Did He Lie? ]

[ What Did He Have To Gain? ]
[ Why Was He Acting So Vain? ]
[ When He Was Inflicting Pain? ]

[ Why Did He Seem So Pleased? ]
[ When He Was Pulling Up Weeds? ]

[ He Did Not Have The Willpower ]
[ To Learn The Differences ]
[ Between One Flower ]
[ & Another On The Other Side Of The Two Fences ]

[ Will You Ever Trust ]
[ Him Ever Again? ]
[ Though It’s Not A Must ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(032)▪︎[ A Second Stop … 1•12•2023 ]

[ Pacific City Was The Second Stop ]
[ The First Was Burger King ]
[ So You Could Get A Couple Sandwiches & A Pop ]

[ The Sand Seemed To Be Never Ending ]
[ Then Bending ]

[ Around The Corner Of The Water ]
[ The Air Was Cool Enough ]
[ Without The Need To Be Any Hotter ]

[ There Were Clusters Of Clouds Here & There ]
[ We Walked On The Sand ]
[ Without A Concern In The Air ]

[ Or A Single Worry On Your Mind ]
[ @ Least ]
[ Not The Concerning Kind ]

[ Then It Was Off To The Sands Lake Recreational Area Spot ]
[ We Found It Closed ]
[ & When We Looked On The Map ]
[ It Was Just Another Dot ]

[ Anderson View Point Had Quite The View ]
[ & The Scenery Was So Beautiful Too ]

[ Then It Was Quite The Drive ]
[ To Oceanside ]

[ We Took Some Selfie’s Of Ourselves ]
[ Because We Didn’t Want To Take A Picture ]
[ Of Anyone Else ]

[ Now We Are Off ]
[ To See The Lighthouse ]
[ Up On Top ]

[ The Old Oregon Smokehouse Seafood Market Was Where
We Stopped & Ate ]
[ & The Fish -n Chips Tasted Great ]

[ The Fresh Fish Was Battered Just Right ]
[ It Was Not Too Heavy ]
[ It Was Not Too Light ]

[ Who Knows Where This Road Will Take Us ]
[ Because Our Car ]
[ Is Not A Tourist Bus ]

[ The Fish Peddlar Was Just On The Other Side Of
The Street Now ]
[ The Color Of The Building Makes You Go (WOW!) ]

[ The Seagulls Are Flying Everywhere ]
[ Floating On The Air ]

[ An Old Man Has Been Feeding Them Bread ]
[ He Even Put A Large Piece On His Head ]

[ Now He Is Playing The Harmonica Making A Very
Irritating Sound ]
[ He Chased Away The People ]
[ That Were Just Sitting On The Ground ]

[ Even Through His Sunglass Tint ]
[ He Failed To Take The Hint? ]

[ A Late Night Meal @ A Beach Denny’s ]
[ For You & Your Friend ]
[ It Definitely Wasn’t As Good ]
[ As You Remembered It To Be ]

[ There Was Only One Thing Missing ]
[ During Our Trip ]
[ & That Was The Daily Event Of The Sun & Water Kissing ]

[ The Clouds Are Too Low ]
[ & They Are Moving Too Slow ]

[ She Was Amazed That You Were Still Awake & Alive ]
[ For This Long Of A Drive ]

[ But Once Again You Had A Blast ]
[ Even With The Time Flying By So Fast ]
[ You Know That The Memories Of Being @ The Beach
With Your Best Friend ]
[ Will Forever Last ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(1093)▪︎[ A Hitch … 12•30•2021 ]

[ Well That’s (10) Minutes That You Won’t Get Back! ]
[ Then You Give That Someone Who Took Your Time
Some Flack? ]

[ How Many Times Have You Said That In Anger? ]
[ Wouldn’t You Want To Put That On A Hangar? ]

[ Hang It Up In The Broom Closet ]
[ Where You Keep Your Tennis Racket ]
[ & Fishing Net? ]

[ You Bet You Wish You Could Deal With Your Anger As
Easy As That? ]
[ Could You Also Have The (9) Lives Of A Cat? ]

[ You Wish That Positive Energy Could Transfer Over As Easily As
Making A Wish? ]
[ But, There Would Always Be A Hitch ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1092)▪︎[ Such Bad Years … 12•30•2021 ]

[ It Was Funny ]
[ Like When The Eggs Were A Little Too Runny ]

[ When You Were Looking Over Some Stories That You
Have Written In The Past ]
[ You Saw A Story That Was About How Bad The Year (2019)
Was ]
[ That Made You Laugh ]

[ If They Knew What The Years Of (2020) & (2021) Had In Store ]
[ They Would Want To Skip Forward & Go Straight To The Year
(2024) ]

[ If (2020) Was Not (1) Of The Good Years ]
[ & (2021) Gave Us Alot Of Fears ]
[ Will Year (2022) Cause Alot Of Tears? ]

[ You Do Not Say (OKAY, BUT …) ]
[ Or Look Blankly & Ask (OKAY … WHAT?) ]

[ If You Jump (2) Years, It Would Give The World Time To
Regenerate ]
[ Then (2) Years Would Be A Long Enough Wait ]

[ For The World To Get Back On Its Regular Axis ]
[ No, But Not For More Taxes ]

[ When (2020) & (2021) Caused Some People’s Knees To Buckle ]
[ Seeing The First Line Of That Story Made You Chuckle ]

[ What The Hell Was Wrong With (2019?) ]
[ You Bet The Next (2) Years Must Have Really Made You Scream! ]
[ Nothing About Those (2) Years Was Any Positive Part Of
Your Dream ]

[ That You Ever Had ]
[ (YES VIRGINIA, THEY WERE THAT BAD!) ]

[ Looking Back Over (2021) ]
[ You Were Just Glad That You Still Did Not Own A Gun ]

[ You Would Have Shot One Or The Other ]
[ It Would Have Definitely Been The One Who NEVER Had A
Brother ]

[ Looking Back, You Can’t See What Was Wrong With (2019)
To Complain About ]
[ Because Year (2020) Made You Shout ]
[ & Year (2021) Definitely Made You Pass Out ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]

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(1171)▪︎[ Funny Rotti … 9•20•2019 ]

[ This Is Rotti With Her New Hair Style ]
[ She Says That She’s Going To Keep It Like This
For Awhile ]

[ Rotti Dances To Her Own Drum ]
[ It Would Be Kind Of Like Comparing My Finger To
My Thumb ]

[ The Same, But Unique ]
[ She’s Always Going About Her Own Business Without
Raising A Stink ]
[ When She Talks With Me ]
[ She Makes Me Think ]

[ She’s Definitely Not Dèjà Vu All Over Again ]
[ She’s So Good For & With Our Son ]
[ I Want To Ask The Question … [ WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?) ]

[ She’s Been Out In The World Experiencing Different Things ]
[ & When She Hears A Good Song ]
[ She Dances & Sings ]

[ She Doesn’t Sing Out Of Tune Or Off Key ]
[ She Can Hold A Tune, Much Better Than Me ]

[ She Gets Our Son Out Of The House & Working In The Yard ]
[ But She Never Pushes Too Hard ]

[ She’s Teaching Our Son How To Walk The Line ]
[ When He Does What She Asks ]
[ Things Go Just Fine ]

[ Through Working & Working & Working She’s Got Our Son
Figuring Out & Doing His Own Schedule ]
[ He’s Beginning To See How His Life Doesn’t Have To Be So
Dull ]

[ She’s Big On Not Wanting To Waste Time During The Day ]
[ She Works Hard Too ]
[ & She Deserves Her Pay ]
[ She Never Walks Around Our House Demanding That She
Should Always Get Her Way ]
[ She Does & Will Speak Up When She Wants To Have Her Say ]

[ She Is So Determined In School To Get That Degree ]
[ She Definitely Knows That College Isn’t Free ]

[ Both Me & My Wife ]
[ Are Proud To Watch Her ]
[ As She Pays Her Own Way In Life ]

[ I’m Sure There’s Been Lean Times To Where She Just Could
Have Given Up In School ]
[ When I See How She Pushes Herself ]
[ I Know I’m NOT Looking @ A Fool ]

[ Many DSP’s Before Her Have Come & Not Stayed ]
[ Some Were So Lazy They Should Never Have Been Paid ]

[ How Were We So Lucky To Have Her Be The DSP For Our Son? ]
[ If This Was All A Game ]
[ Then I’d Have To Say That We Won! ]

[ Thank You Rotti, You Deserve Every Compliment I Gave ]
[ I Better End This Story ]
[ & Hit Save ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(947)▪︎[ Hello, How Are Things? … 11•12•2020 ]

[ Hello Kirsten, How Have You Been? ]
[ I Have Not Seen You Since I Don’t Know
When ]

[ I Have Missed Your Advice ]
[ I Have Missed Your Professional Touch ]
[ You Are Always So Nice ]
[ & You Don’t Let Me Slack Too Much ]

[ Now My Circumstances Have Changed ]
[ You Are Always So Smart ]
[ You Have Probably Already Rearranged ]

[ Of What I Can Do & What I Can Not ]
[ My Neck Is Not Doing So Well ]
[ & My Back Is Not So Hot ]

[ With My Surgery Two Days Ago ]
[ You Know ]
[ That Is Why I Was Moving So Slow ]

[ You Let Me Lay On Some Ice For My Back ]
[ Then You Put Your Cold Hands On My Neck ]
[ & I Thought ( OH, THERE’S ANOTHER ICE PACK ) ]

[ The Way That You Break Down The Problems &
Terminology Amazes Me Everytime ]
[ The Way That You Are, The Way That You Do
Things ]
[ Gives Me Plenty Of Reasons To Write You A
Complimentary Rhyme ]

[ Every Session With You, You Are So Sweet ]
[ When Ever You Are My P.T. ]
[ It Is Such The Treat ]

[ Whenever You Treat My Neck ]
[ You Give & Get ]
[ So Much Respect ]

[ Ms. Pope Is Very Good & Nice, But She Is
Not You ]
[ I Believe In Giving Credit ]
[ When & Where Credit Is Due ]

[ Next Time I Want To Hear About Your Wedding
Ceremony ]
[ I Hope You Have For Me ]
[ Lots Of Pictures To See ]

[ Hello To Your Husband & Young Son ]
[ Having A Child @ That Age Is Alot Of Fun ]

[ I Hope It Is Not Too Long Before I See
You Again ]
[ Because Until The Next Time The Thought Comes
Across My Brain ]
[ This Poetic Story Will Come To An End ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(427)▪︎[ The Waves … 4•28•2020 ]

[ The Sounds Of The Ocean Are Soooo Relaxing ]
[ Being In The City Is Overly Taxing ]

[ Imagining The Waves Is Very Soothing ]
[ It’s Your Stress ]
[ That It’s Smoothing ]

[ Wave After Wave Comes Crashing In ]
[ You Know Where It Ends ]
[ But You Have No Idea Where They Begin ]

[ Is It Way Way Out There In The Middle? ]
[ If You Were Dumped In That Water ]
[ You Would Be As Visible ]
[ As A Thimble ]

[ In A Pile Of Hay ]
[ You’d Never Want To Die That Way ]

[ Back To Soothing Your Mind ]
[ You Will Think Of The Waves ]
[ When You Are In A Bind ]

[ & Remember The Sounds ]
[ But There Will Be No Boats, No Sailing, No Cruises ]
[ You Feet Will Be Planted Firmly On Dry Ground ]

[ Waves Are An Amazing & Oftentimes Frightful Act Of Nature ]
[ If There Ever Would Be A Time That You Turn Your Back
To The Ocean ]
[ You Would Not See, Hear Or Sense The Danger ]

[ That You Put Yourself In ]
[ You Will Not Know That You Were About To Fight For Your Life ]
[ With A Force Of Nature That Usually Wins ]

[ Sneaker Waves Can Come In About Three-Stories High ]
[ You Wouldn’t Even Have The Time ]
[ To Wave Goodbye ]

[ When It Crashes Over You & Pushes You Down Into The Sand ]
[ All It Wants To Do ]
[ Is Pull Me Away From Dry Land ]

[ As You Frantically Struggle To Survive ]
[ Your Will To Live ]
[ Keeps You Alive ]

[ When You’re Able To Run To The Sand That’s Dry ]
[ & Say That You Weren’t Scared ]
[ Your Eyes Would Tell Everyone That Was A Lie ]

[ Then You Thought (WHAT SHOULD I HAD EXPECTED?) ]
[ (WHEN THE OCEAN FELT DISRESPECTED?) ]

[ Then You Sat There, With A Tear In Your Eye ]
[ That A Careless Mistake ]
[ Almost Caused You To Die ]

[ As Memories Of Your Life Flashed ]
[ You Heard The Water Splash ]

[ You Just Thought ]

[ It’s Kind Of Sad As You Watched The Waves Come To An End ]
[ The Waves Really Showed ]
[ That Water Can Break & Bend ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(903)▪︎[ Will She Stay? … 10•27•2020 ]

[ What Do I Find Irritating About This ABC? ]
[ Just Maybe ]
[ She Doesn’t Act As Respectfully ]
[ To Me ]
[ Like She ]
[ Should Be ]

[ She Acts Like She Is All Hard & From The Hood ]
[ & She Tries To Impress Others ]
[ Because They Think That Is Good ]

[ I Don’t ]
[ & I Won’t ]

[ I Can Literally Say Never ]
[ Ever! ]

[ I Have Some Concerns ]
[ Right Now There’s Something About Her That Rubs
Me Wrong ]
[ Through The Years I Hope That I Have Learned ]
[ That If My Gut Feeling Is Strong ]

[ I Need To Listen To That Little Voice ]
[ & Keep My Poise ]
[ Then Make A Good Conscious Choice ]

[ On Whether Or Not She Should Stay ]
[ Or Come Back Tomorrow ]
[ For Another Day ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(442)▪︎[ Nobody Has … 5•2•2020 ]

[ Do You Know Who Is Stabbing Who? ]
[ While They Are Shaking Hands With Whom? ]
[ Will It Really Bother You? ]
[ To Know Who Just Left The Room? ]

[ When He Left, He Just Walked On By ]
[ He Neither Said (HI) ]
[ Or (GOODBYE) ]

[ Why Was That, You Wonder Out Loud? ]
[ It Is Not Like You Were In The Middle Of A Crowd ]

[ Then You Could See ]
[ How He Would Not Want To Be Seen ]

[ After What He Just Did To Someone You Consider A Friend ]
[ & Then That Friend Asked Me ]
[ (WHERE DOES THIS END?) ]

[ You Wonder Why ]
[ Did He Lie? ]

[ What Did He Have To Gain? ]
[ Why Was He Acting So Vain? ]
[ When He Was Inflicting Pain? ]

[ Why Did He Seem So Pleased? ]
[ When Was Pulling Up Weeds? ]

[ He Did Not Have The Willpower ]
[ To Learn The Differences ]
[ Between One Flower ]
[ & Another On The Other Side Of The Two Fences ]

[ Will You Ever Trust ]
[ Him Ever Again? ]
[ Though It’s Not A Must ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(426)▪︎[ Finger Pointing … 4•28•2020 ]

[ What To Do, What To Do? ]
[ If Your Foot Was In The Other Shoe ]

[ Would You Be Singing A Different Tune? ]
[ Even If It’s Before The Afternoon? ]

[ It Doesn’t Feel Good To Be On The Wrong Side Of The
Pointing Finger ]
[ When There Is An Allegation ]
[ In A Lot Of The Public’s Mind
[ Accusations Longer ]

~ Ka hopena ~

[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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