Category: [ Poetic Stories ]

(494)▪︎[ Are You Unique? … 5•19•2020 ]

[ Your Life Will Not Be Done In Awhile ]
[ If You Want To Do It With Style ]

[ When Doing It In Style You Have To Put Your Best
Foot Forward ]
[ But Not Always Looking For A Reward ]

[ The Reward Is Not Always Given To The One That
Finishes First ]
[ They Are Usually The One With The Biggest Thirst ]
[ Of Not Wanting To Do The Worst ]

[ If Coming In Second Is Your Plan ]
[ Do You Just Stand ]
[ & Make Demands ]
[ Of The Man ]
[ That Just Ran? ]

[ That Is Not Always The Best Thing To Do ]
[ Especially If The One That Was Running ]
[ Was Not You ]

[ Then How Do You Take Command Of Your Life? ]
[ Is It Just With A Flick Of A Switch ]
[ That Turns On A Light ]

[ Or Do You Have To Trudge ]
[ Through Mud ]
[ Just To Be Judged ]
[ A Stud? ]

[ A Stud By What Standards Or Critique? ]
[ To See ]
[ If You Are Or Are Not Unique ]

[ If You Are … That Is Great ]
[ If You Are Not … Then Wait ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(663)▪︎[ My Dog & Her Wife … 10•31•2022 ]

[ Yesterday, I Found My Dog All Sprawled Out On Her Back ]
[ She Definitely Was Not The Recipient Of A Surprise Attack ]

[ I Walked Closer To Her & Noticed That There Were Party Poppers
     All Over The Yard ]
[ Freckles, What Happened Here In Our Back Yard? ]

[ They All Seemed To Have Had A Good Time ]
[ But On Whose Dime? ]

[ There Were Empty Bottles, Cans & One Small Keg ]
[ C’mon Guys, Is It Too Small Of A Beg? ]
[ & By The Way ,]
[ Whose Lamp Is That In The Shape Of A Leg? ]

[ My Dog Has Even Borrowed The Next Door Neighbors Sons
     Big Boom Box For Sound ]
[ From What I Hear From Our Neighbors ]
[ The Music Shook The Ground ]

[ For Her, It Wasn’t All About The Bass ]
[ Because The Fun Starts When See’s A Cat ]
[ Than It Would Be All About The Chase! ]

[ It Is Not Very Often That Your Dog Graduates From Obedient
     Studies ]
[ Now Her Dog & My Dog Can Be Walking Buddies ]

[ Her Dog & Mine Used To Fetch Sticks Together ]
[ But Stopped When We Started Getting Nasty Weather ]

[ I Never Thought That (2) Dogs Could Be Gay ]
[ But If My Girl Is Happy ]
[ Than Things Are Okay ]

[ After My Girl Went To The Dowtown Clinic ]
[ Her Girl Was Apprehensive About Where She Went ]
[ Because Everybody Knows What Kinds Of Dogs Are In It ]

[ My Dog Has A Temper When It Comes To Others Talking Smack
     About Little One’s ]
[ For Those That Do ]
[ Chasing Them Down Would Be Alot Of Fun ]

[ That Is Where Her Dream Always Stops & She Has To Face
     Reality ]
[ Whenever The (2) Dogs Get Together, They Both Agree ]

[ That If Puppies Are Involved ]
[ Their Discussion Has Been Resolved ]
[ The Mystery Has Been Solved ]

[ My Little Girl Would Be The Carrier Of The Next Generation ]
[ This Decision Causes Zero Consternation  ]

[ Both Families Respect The Others Dog )
[ No One Has Any Fog ]
[ & Show Respect To Each Other, With A Head Nod ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(480)▪︎[ Do Not Break … 5•14•2020 ]

[ Tweedle Dum, Tweedle Dee ]
[ How Can I Just Be Me ]
[ In Todays Society? ]

[ When I Get Up To Stand Tall ]
[ I Notice ]
[ That It Just Makes It A Longer Fall ]

[ I’ll Get Up & Get Up Again ]
[ Some Say The Kicking Will Stop ]
[ But I Just Don’t See An End ]
[ I Think My Back Will Pop ]
[ If I Continue To Bend ]

[ In This Uncomfortable Position ]
[ Anybody Have A Better Suggestion? ]

[ There Is Of Course Alot I Can Take ]
[ It’s The Bending Over Backwards ]
[ That Might Make Me Break ]

[ But Is It Right ]
[ To Use All Of My Might ]
[ To Put Up A Fight? ]

[ We Will See ]
[ How Things Turn Out To Be ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(461)▪︎[ The Nurses Of Salem Health … 5•6•2020 ]

[ They Say That Doctors Cure ]
[ & Nurses Care ]
[ What Is For Sure ]
[ Is That The Nurses Are Always There ]

[ They Stand By Your Side As Long As They Can ]
[ They Will Wipe Away Your Tears ]
[ & Hold Your Hand ]

[ The Nurses Are The Ones That Write The Story ]
[ While It’s The Doctors ]
[ That Rush In To Grab The Glory ]

[ The Nurses Do What The Doctors Don’t ]
[ The Nurses Complete The Tasks ]
[ That The Doctors Won’t ]

[ I Spent 11 Days In The Hospital Earlier In My Life ]
[ It Was A Nurse ]
[ Who Reached Out & Held The Hand Of My Wife ]

[ To Calm Her Fears ]
[ It Was What That Nurse Said ]
[ That Stopped Her Tears ]

[ When I Was Admitted, No One Knew What To Think ]
[ The Answer Wasn’t Found ]
[ In A Single Blink ]

[ 11 Days Felt More Like Over Two Weeks ]
[ During That Time ]
[ I Walked Through A lot Of Valleys & Climbed A lot Of
Peaks ]

[ I Remember That On The Second Day The Doctor Tried To
Discharge Me ]
[ My Wife Asked A Nurse How Can This Be? ]

[ They Knew I Didn’t Suffer With Cancer ]
[ But They Also Knew ]
[ They Did Not Have The Answers ]

[ The Nurses Checked On Me Around The Clock ]
[ Everyday They Urged Me ]
[ To Get Up & Walk ]
[ Oftentimes The Nurses Were The Only Ones Who Would Stop
In & Talk ]

[ The Times When I Was Stressing ]
[ Conversing With The Nurses ]
[ Was A Blessing ]

[ Nurses Deal With People @ Their Very Worst ]
[ & In Pain ]
[ They Show That A Bag Of Gold Is What They Are Worth ]
[ Again & Again ]

[ My Hat Goes Off To All Nurses, Especially Those Who Nursed
Me Back To Good Health ]
[ You All Should Be Extremely Proud Of Yourselves ]

[ Everyday … Every Single Day ]
[ You Are Definitely Underpaid ]

[ Day In & Day Out ]
[ I Shout ]
[ Without A Doubt ]

[ To Each & EVERY One Of You! ]
[ THANK YOU For What You Unselfishly Do ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(456)▪︎[ Make Up My Mind … 5•5•2020 ]

[ What To Get, What To Get? ]
[ Is My Decision Set? ]

[ I Did My Research & Made My Path ]
[ I Did Multiple Comparisons ]
[ & I Did My Math ]

[ I Found That Things Cost Alot Of Dollars & Cents ]
[ Before I Compared Them Side By Side ]
[ I Was Definitely Riding The Fence ]

[ By No Means Am I Done ]
[ & I Have Not Really Settled On One ]

[ So It Might Be Better If I Took ]
[ Another Look ]
[ Or Looked It Up In An On-Line Book ]

[ Actually I’m Kind Of Leaning Towards The Versa 2 ]
[ If You Read What Saw ]
[ I Think That Would Be The Thing That You Would Do ]
[ Too ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(448)▪︎[ Ha Ha Ha .. 5•3•2020 ]

[ As The Sun Rises To Make The Morning Light ]
[ I Peer Outside ]
[ To Find That The Sun Is So Bright ]

[ Just Two Hours Ago It Was Really Dark ]
[ This Time Of Night ]
[ It Would Not Be Wise To Walk Alone In The Park ]

[ Sometimes There Are People There With Intentions That Are
Not All Too Nice ]
[ In The Park Downtown ]
[ I Think That Has Happened More Than Twice ]

[ What Is There To Do ]
[ When A Man Has His Sights On Someone ]
[ Will They Have A Clue ]

[ That Person Is Screwed ]
[ Because That Person Had Such A Bad Attitude ]
[ & His Goal Is To Be Rude ]

[ But The Useless Salem Cops Stop Him, Just To Let The Guy Go ]
[ When It Comes To The Salem P.D. ]
[ It Is Always Based On Who You Know ]

[ Even If The Detectives Were Given Good Evidence ]
[ They Would Probably Go To ]
[ The Wrong Residence ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(318)▪︎[ No Pity, Here … 4•27•2022 ]

[ Everyone Has A Backstory Of Their Very Own ]
[ They Can Write About It In An Email ]
[ Or Call Somebody On Their Phone ]

[ Some Like To Tell It While They Are On The (SHARK TANK) Show ]
[ Why Do They Do That? ]
[ Does Anyone Know? ]

[ Is It To Get A Better Deal? ]
[ Is It To Get A Free Meal? ]

[ NO … The One That Cries ]
[ Buys ]

[ & This Is Not Like Going To Burger King ]
[ The Last Time We Got Food From There ]
[ I Took (2) Bites & I Did Not Completely Eat The Burger Thing ]

[ It Actually Made Me Feel Ill ]
[ I Would Not Buy Another ]
[ Even If It Would Only Charge Me (1) Dollar Bill ]

[ No One Had The Perfect Childhood ]
[ Sometimes The Day Was Hard Or Bad ]
[ Sometimes Exciting Or Good ]

[ But There Are Ones Who Really Look For Pity ]
[ While Talking To Someone In The City ]

[ They Don’t Deserve It ]
[ If They Are Asking For It ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(308)▪︎[ Black Eye … 4•25•2022

[ There Sure Is A Whole Lot Of Angst Going On Out In
     Society Right Now ]
[ Society Was Just Walking Around ]
[ & Then POW ]
[ The ‘VID19 Struck! ]
[ It Hit So Hard ]
[ Nobody Had Time To Duck ]
[ & Then We Were Stuck ]

[ Stuck Inside ]
[ Society Was Not Even Able To Take This In Stride ]

[ There Were Whispers About It (1) Day ]
[ & Then Boom ]
[ It Was Like An In-Law That Over Did Their Stay ]

[ The World Has Had It’s Epidemics ]
[ Before ]
[ But This Became A Pandemic ]
[ As It Burst Through The Door ]

[ No Knocking, No Ringing Of The Doorbell ]
[ You Knew You Tested Positive ]
[ When You Lost Your Sense Of Taste & Smell ]

[ That Made Everybody To Quarantine In Place ]
[ Not Tomorrow Or The Next ]
[ No, You Were Supposed To Quarantine En Haste ]

[ The World Lost More Than ½ A Million People ]
[ That Put Some Families In A Deep Hole ]

[ Because Some Families Lost The Person Who Used To Steer
     Their Ship ]
[ They Used To Be A Beacon Of Light ]
[ But Now They Are Just A Blip ]

[ Some Ships Are Rudderless ]
[ Reaching Down & Pulling The Pin Of Their Duress ]

[ Getting On The Radio That The Distress ]
[ Is Truly A Mess ]

[ Then What Is This (CANCEL CULTURE?) ]
[ Is It A Population Vulture? ]

[ Something That Comes Down From The Sky & Shouts ]
[ (YOU’re OUT!?) ]

[ Confusing In The Least ]
[ Once Again … Was This From The East? ]

[ The World Cannot Keep Blaming Them ]
[ They Are Not Always The Problem ]

[ The Problem Is US!! ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ] [酪]

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(975)▪︎[ Well, Do You? … 11•22•2020 ]

[ Do You Have The Drive ]
[ To Strive ]
[ For Doing The Best While You Are Alive? ]

[ Or Do You Throw A Fit? ]
[ Then Sit ]
[ While You Quit ]
[ Not Wanting To Deal With Anymore Of It? ]

[ It, Being Life ]
[ Then Not Listen To Your Husband Or Wife ]

[ Then Turn Off The Daylight ]
[ Then, While Looking Into The Night ]
[ You Lose Sight ]
[ Of The Right ]
[ Fight ]

[ Selling Your Soul ]
[ To Attempt To Figure Out Your Whole ]
[ Role ]

[ & Then Learn What You Need To Bring ]
[ To Take Your Place ]
[ In The Bigger Scheme ]
[ Of Things ]

[ Do You Know ]
[ Whether To Go ]
[ Fast Or Slow? ]
[ If Someone Says ( NO! ) ]

[ Will You Find The Need ]
[ To Read ]
[ The Instructions To Complete The Deed ]
[ That Makes You Succeed? ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]

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(971)▪︎[ How? … 11•20•2020 ]

[ What Do You Do When You Feel Tormented? ]
[ About Something ]
[ That Was Commented ]

[ In Such The Most Sarcastic Way ]
[ It Is More In Their Tone ]
[ Than Just What They Say ]

[ Tone Can Say Alot ]
[ Tone Can Really Put Someone On The Spot ]

[ Do You Out Think Yourself In Your Head ]
[ & Ask Over & Over ]
[ (WAS THAT WHAT HE REALLY SAID?) ]

[ Then You Know ]
[ That You Really Need To Let This Go ]

~ Ka hopena ~

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

[  Na  ]
[  Lopaka DeVoe  ]

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