[ 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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(252)▪︎[ Today’s Scourge … 2•25•2021 ]
[ Sometimes You Should Climb Up On A Tall Ladder &
Look Down @ The World System ]
[ & See That It Is In Fact Broken ]
[ Go To The Beach & See The Broken Coral ]
[ Then Go Downtown & See All Of The Broken Morals ]
[ The Kids Do Not Got ]
[ Any ]
[ Because Their Parents Never Taught ]
[ Them Many ]
[ Now It Is Legal To Stay In Their House ]
[ & Get High ]
[ That Is How He Lost His Spouse ]
[ Because All He Did Was Tell Lie After Lie ]
[ Because He Was Always High He Lost The Ability ]
[ To Tell What Is Reality ]
[ That Kind Of Thinking Gets Handed Down To Their Young
Children ]
[ That’s Why Their Grades Start To Tank ]
[ But The Parents Never Knew Since When ]
[ Children’s Brains Are Nothing But Sponges Ready To Soak
Up All That They See & Hear ]
[ Who Do They Go To When Things Are Not Very Clear? ]
[ If Their Parents Are Always A.W.O.L. Or High ]
[ They Turn To Their Peers ]
[ The Problem Was The Peers Did Not Know More Than They Did ]
[ Because It Was (1) Kid Asking Another Kid ]
[ The Lone Parent @ Home Is Aways Foggy ]
[ Or Groggy ]
[ Making Marijuana & Mushrooms Legal Has Been Like A Curse ]
[ & Made The Family Structure Even Worse ]
[ The Gap Between The Haves & The Have Not’s Is Growing Wider
& Wider By The Year ]
[ Because The Crime Rate Is So High ]
[ People Are Living In Fear ]
[ There Are Plenty Of Students In College Hitting The Books ]
[ Plenty Default On Their Student Loans ]
[ Because They Can Only Get A Job Being Cooks ]
[ The World Needs Cooks Because We All Need To Eat ]
[ Some Of Us Cannot Afford To Buy Pork, Chicken Or Beef ]
[ There Is Something That Is Good To Know ]
[ The Government Says That Unemployment Is @ An All Time Low ]
[ The Public Either Wants To Quit Or Create A Union ]
[ Religious Shows Have Many Followers ]
[ Because There Are Millions Of Catholics Wanting To Take
Holy Communion ]
[ But They Will All Find That It Does No Good ]
[ & That Is Not Thinking That Things Are Misunderstood ]
[ Good Is Bad ]
[ & Most Children Do Not Grow Up With A Loving Dad ]
[ I Guess You Could Say That Men Are The Scourge Of Today’s
Earth ]
[ Some Have Been Evil Since Birth ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(402)▪︎[ On Your Birthday … 6•6•2022 ]
[ So I Hear That You Wanted A Poem On Your Birthday ]
[ I Told You That I Would Come To Your Help In Any Way ]
[ I Was Not Given A Warning Days Ahead ]
[ It Would Have Been Nice To Gets A Heads Up Instead ]
[ You Should Be Doing Nothing But Smiling ]
[ Nobody Has You Tied Up In An Office Filing ]
[ When It Comes To Being My C.G, You Are Quite New ]
[ I Wished That You Had More Hours Than A Few ]
[ So You Went Riding ]
[ On The Beach ]
[ Did It Feel Like You Were Gliding? ]
[ On A Part Of Your Body You Just Could Not Reach? ]
[ I Have Always Heard That A Horse Is The Biggest Piece Of
Meat That Women Can Get Between There Legs? ]
[ Does All Of That Pounding Affect Your Eggs? ]
[ I Found It Funny How You Came Here Walking Bowlegged
Like A Cowboy ]
[ I Guess You Can Say That Riding A Horse Is Not An Adult Toy ]
[ The Main Thing Is That You Were With Your Man ]
[ As You Were Riding In The Sand ]
[ You Said That You Had Sore Muscles That You Thought
You Never Had ]
[ Maybe Next Time Your Birthday Will Be Really Mellow ]
[ While You Get Yourself A Cowboy Hat ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(399)▪︎[ Eye In The Sky … 6•6•2022 ]
[ You Could Say That In The Bigger Scheme Of Things ]
[ My Love For You Is Not Attached By Strings ]
[ I Do Not Need To Be Tethered To You Or You To Me ]
[ That Gives You The Freedom To Walk Away Free ]
[ If That Is Where Our Relationship Should Go ]
[ If That Is The Case ]
[ Then Only You Would Know ]
[ We Try To Have Good Communication Going Back & Forth ]
[ We Always Need Our Heads To Be Headed North ]
[ We Have Far Surpassed The (26) Year Mark ]
[ We Are Still In Drive ]
[ As Opposed To Being, Stuck In Park ]
[ We Sure Have Hit Our Share Of Potholes On Our Narrow
Road ]
[ But Every Year We Carry A Heavier Load ]
[ Will We Be Dragging Our Asses Across That (50) Year Finish
Line? ]
[ My Problems Become Yours ]
[ & Yours Become Mine ]
[ I Am Ready To Learn Something New Every Day ]
[ Taught By You, In Your Own Special Way ]
[ Day In & Day Out ]
[ We Are Still Learning What Each Other Is About ]
[ Through The Years The Winds Change ]
[ That Does Not Give Good Reason To Go Out & Get Some
Strange ]
[ But Then Again We Are Forgiving Pair ]
[ Would Walking Away Be Fair? ]
[ Ashes To Ashes, Dust To Dust ]
[ Finding The Right Partner Is A Must ]
[ Through The Years We Have Had Our Fill Of Turmoil ]
[ Maybe That Is When Our Joints Need A Little Oil ]
[ Joy Is What You Seek ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [酪]
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[005]▪︎[ The Yin & The Yang … 1•2•2022 ]
[ Learn. Fail. Learn. Fail. Learn More ]
[ Be More Flexible Than A Board ]
[ The (LEARN/FAIL) Combination Should Happen Throughout
Your Life ]
[ With The Exception Of Picking A Husband Or Wife ]
[ You Don’t Want To Have A Spinning Door When It Would Come
To Picking A Spouse ]
[ Then Having A Good Cat To Chase Down That Lone Mouse ]
[ All Through Life You Should Be Learning ]
[ The Desire Should Always Be Burning ]
[ You Have Never Met The Guy ]
[ That Is As Good As It Gets ]
[ On The First Try ]
[ But You Have To Make It Known ]
[ It Is Not Easy To Write A Poem ]
[ It Takes Quite A Long Time ]
[ To Write A Story That Will Rhyme ]
[ Even Having A Family There Are Times Of (LEARN/FAIL) ]
[ But It Might Be Too Late If Your Child Is Headed To Jail ]
[ But Jail/Prison Has Their Own Set Of Rules ]
[ But Those People Never Used All Of Their Tools ]
[ They Should Have Learned While Growing Up ]
[ Some People Never Filled Up Their Learning Cup ]
[ Learning & Failing Is All About Growing ]
[ But You Should Never Think That You Are All-Knowing ]
[ They Say That To Be Tough Is To Fragile ]
[ To Be Tender Is To Be Truly Fierce ]
[ With Most Things In Life, Learning Is Gradual ]
[ Would That Be The Yin & The Yang Of The Universe? ]
[ Either Do Or Succumb To This Way ]
[ Or Things Could Get Alot Worse? ]
[ Fragile, Is The Opposite Of Tough ]
[ The Opposite Of Smooth, Is Rough ]
[ You Must Know (1), To Know The Other ]
[ Sometimes You Have To Go Through The Discipline Of The
Father ]
[ To Truly Appreciate The Comfort Given To You By The Mother ]
[ Fail/Learn, Fail/Learn ]
[ Sometimes The Whole Lesson Is A Serious Burn ]
[ Or Gives You Something To Yearn ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo E Ka hoa ]
[ A hui hou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ] [🤙]
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(598)▪︎[ My Grateful Journal … 7•19•2021 ]
[ My Gratitude Journal ]
[ That Should Not Be Thrown In A Urinal ]
[ I Am Grateful To Have A Loving Wife Of Over 25 Years ]
[ I Am Grateful That My Wife Helps Me Face My Fears ]
[ I Am Grateful To Have A Healthy 18 Year Old Son ]
[ I Am Grateful To Own A House That Protects Me From
The Sleet, Snow, Rain & Too Much Sun ]
[ I Am Grateful To Have A King Sized Sleigh Bed ]
[ I Am Grateful That This Is Where I Can Lay My Head ]
[ In The Morning When I Rise ]
[ I Am Grateful My Wife Has Pillows On The Bed Where I
Can Hide Any Surprise ]
[ I Am Grateful To Own A Car Without The Burden Of Car
Payments ]
[ I Am Grateful That Buying Our Car Was A Mutual Agreement ]
[ I Am Grateful That We Have An Umbrella Insurance Policy
That Puts My Mind @ Ease ]
[ I Am Grateful That Our Insurance Agent Explained It & I Said ( YES
PLEASE! ) ]
[ I Am Grateful For The Handful Of Friends That Stand To My
Right ]
[ They Are Always On My Mind Even Though They Are Out Of
My Immediate Sight ]
[ I Am Very Grateful About Finding My Dog ]
[ 10 Years Ago ]
[ I Have Written A Few Stories About Her & Posted Them On My
Blog ]
[ I Am Grateful That We Have The Ability To Put Food On
Our Table For Our Meals ]
[ I Am Grateful That @ This Moment No One In Our House
Steals ]
[ I Am Grateful That Whomever It Was, No Longer Lives In Our
House ]
[ I Am Grateful That It No Longer Puts A Strain On Me
& My Spouse ]
[ I Am Grateful That I Always Have Liquid To Drink ]
[ I Am Grateful That I Can Write Stories That Let Others
Think ]
[ I Am Grateful That I Have Good Air To Breathe ]
[ I Am Grateful That I Am Honest With Others ]
[ Because I Do Not Keep Anything Up My Sleeve ]
[ I Am Grateful With How I Have Been Thinking ]
[ I Am Grateful That It Has Been Over 25 Years Since I
Have Taken A Drink ]
[ I Am Grateful That I Have Never Succumbed To A Life Of
Despair & Binge Drinking ]
[ I Am Grateful That I Found The Drive To Finish My
College Education @ A Late Age ]
[ I Am So Grateful That I Had The Privilege To Walk Across
That Stage ]
[ I Am Grateful About How Much Support I Got From My
Wife To Help Me Stay Strong ]
[ & Eventually Show Don ]
[ That He Was 100% Wrong ]
[ I Am So Grateful That Don Gave Me The Boot To Live On
My Own ]
[ Then I Was Able To Show Him That I Did Not Need Him ]
[ By When I Made It All Alone ]
[ I Am Grateful To See That My Son Is Thriving ]
[ Pretty Soon, Someone Will Teach Him The In’s & Out’s
About Driving ]
[ I Am Grateful That Task Will Not Fall On My Shoulders, Now ]
[ I Will Let Someone Else Show Him How ]
[ I Am Very Grateful That I Have The Best Caregiver Whose
Last Name Is Marler ]
[ She Gets Her Great Work Effort From Her Father ]
[ I Am Very Grateful About A Good Friend Named Hakeem ]
[ When It Comes To A Good Honest Friend ]
[ She Is A Dream ]
[ I Am Grateful When I Want Travel I Am Able To Fly ]
[ I Am Grateful That I Try To Be A Humble Guy ]
[ I Am Grateful For … ]
[ The Good Friends Who Walk Through Our Door ]
[ I Am Grateful To The Readers That Stop By ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(007)▪︎[ Who Is Talking? … 1•3•2021 ]
[ Today It Seems Like Everyone Is Talking ]
[ But Does Anyone Know What They Are Talking
About? ]
[ Is Everyone Just Walking ]
[ With A Head Full Of Doubt? ]
[ When You Are Paying ]
[ Are You Sure The Person That You Picked ]
[ Knows What They Are Saying? ]
[ There Is So Much ( HE SAID, SHE SAID ) ]
[ Running Around In People’s Heads ]
[ How Do You Know Who Is Right? ]
[ Is It From What You Have Heard? ]
[ Or Because You Like What They Write? ]
[ Sometimes Personal Experience Is The Best Thing ]
[ Because Sometimes Personal Experiences Can Go Wrong
& Sting ]
[ But Those Are The Best Things You Can Bring ]
[ To The Table Of Life ]
[ Everything Might Be Dark ]
[ & You Are The Only Person Who Brought The Light ]
[ Years Of Experience Trumps Youth & Enthusiasm Every Day ]
[ & In Every Way ]
[ So Then Maybe Others With Look @ You For Corrections ]
[ Then When You Get Mail ]
[ You Follow & Then Listen For Your Directions ]
[ Then Others Would Soon Catch A Clue ]
[ & See The Obvious Social Cues ]
[ That Everyone Should Be Paying & Listening To You ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(473)▪︎[ That One Day … 5•12•2020 ]
[ There Are Days When I Have Regrets ]
[ But Not One Of Them ]
[ Was The Day That We Met ]
[ The Day When It Dawned On Me About How Beautiful
You Are ]
[ It Felt Like The First Time ]
[ That I Saw A Shooting Star ]
[ The Chills That Went Down My Spine ]
[ Was Like The Time I Went Dakine ]
[ The State That I Was In ]
[ Before I Met You ]
[ Was A Situation That I Couldn’t Figure Out How I
Could Win ]
[ Was Time Running Out In Finding Mrs. Right? ]
[ Would I Ever See Her ]
[ In My Sight? ]
[ Part Of Me Was Saying { NOPE } ]
[ But I Did Have Just A Sliver Of Hope ]
[ But We Were Only Friends ]
[ @ That Time ]
[ & Those Relationships Never End ]
[ In A Good Way ]
[ So That One Day ]
[ I Didn’t Really Know What To Say ]
[ Or How I Could Get My Point Across ]
[ But Also Prepare Myself ]
[ For A Loss ]
[ So I Took The Chance & Spoke ]
[ My Mind ]
[ & You Didn’t Think That It Was Joke ]
[ Or That I Was Being Out Of Line ]
[ Once I Knew ]
[ That The Mrs.Right I Had Been Waiting To Find
All Of My Life ]
[ Was You ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(447)▪︎[ Scary Events … 5•28•2021 ]
[ There Are Scary Events Happening Outside Of My
House ]
[ I Feel So Worried About My Few Friends, Son & Spouse ]
[ Shootings In All Of America’s States ]
[ Things Are Very Unsettling ]
[ Because There Seems To Be Alot Of Hate ]
[ Bullets Are Flying ]
[ People Are Dying ]
[ Bullets Go In One Direction ]
[ Once Fired ]
[ There Is No Chance To Make A Correction ]
[ Bullets Do Not Go In Reverse ]
[ Sometimes The Shooter Does Not Care If The Crowd Is
Diverse ]
[ People Are Judging Others Because Of The Color Of
Their Skin ]
[ For Some ]
[ Because Of This ]
[ People Feel That They Will Never Be Given A Chance When They
Win ]
[ Today It Seems ]
[ Statistics Shows ]
[ That Several Income Levels Have No Such Way Of Reaching The ( AMERICAN DREAM ) ]
[ Of Owning A House With 2.5 Children & A White Pickett
Fence ]
[ A Big Chunk Of Society Is Now Homeless & Living In Tents ]
[ Of Course They Still Have Choices During The Day &
Night ]
[ They Have To Find A Place & A Way ]
[ To Pitch Their Tent Where There Is Alot Of Light ]
[ People Are Losing Their Jobs & Then Seek To Retaliate
Against Those That They Blame ]
[ Then Coming Back Armed ]
[ Looking For Specific Names ]
[ Not Very Many People Still Love Their Neighbors ]
[ Not Many People Knows The NAMES Of Their Neighbor ]
[ & Judges Are Hiding In Their Chambers ]
[ Road Rage Is Still Going Strong ]
[ That Guy Shot @ The Car Of That Guy ]
[ Because That Guy Was Looked @ Wrong ]
[ Why Is There So Much Violence? ]
[ Neighborhoods Put Out The Word That ( SNITCHS GET
STITCHES ) ]
[ Forcing Witnesses To Keep The Silence ]
[ People Live In Fear ]
[ If A Stranger Comes Near ]
[ A Mask Used To Be Only Worn By Batman, Robin & The Lone
Ranger ]
[ How Does Someone Know That The Fast Approaching
Stranger ]
[ Is Not A Danger? ]
[ To The Life ]
[ Of Your Son & Wife? ]
[ They Don’t ]
[ & They Won’t ]
[ Until He Is Another Guy ]
[ Just Passing By ]
~ Ka hopena ~
[ Mahalo iā ‘oe ]
[ A hui hou mākou ]
[ Aloha ]
[ Na ]
[ Lopaka DeVoe ]
(585)▪︎[ A Dog In Your Life … 6•27•2020 ]
[ There Is Nothing Better Than Having A Dog In Your Life ]
[ She Is Totally Different ]
[ Than A Child Or Wife ]
[ Whereas A Person Can Be Judgemental About You ]
[ That Is Not Something ]
[ A Dog Will Do ]
[ A Dog Is Loyal As All Get Out ]
[ When It Comes To People ]
[ There Is A Whole Lot Of Doubt ]
[ A Dog Could Be Overzealous ]
[ About Treats Or Toys ]
[ A Dog Would Never Become Jealous ]
[ Of Other Girls Or Boys ]
[ My Dog Does Become Tense ]
[ When Some One ]
[ Or Another Dog Comes Near Our Back Fence ]
[ Three Meals For Her A Day Does Her Just Fine ]
[ But When I’m Eating ]
[ She Does Beg & Whine ]
[ For Something Of Mine ]
[ & That Really Doesn’t Bother Me In The Least Bit ]
[ I Can’t Give Her Much ]
[ If I Want Her To Stay Lean & Fit ]
[ Spending Time With Just Me Always Makes Her Day ]
[ That Is Why She Misses Me So Much ]
[ If I’ve Been Away ]
[ She Gets So Happy To See Me When I Come Through The Door ]
[ When I Reach Down To Pet Her ]
[ She Always Wants More ]
[ To Most, It Is Not Known ]
[ That Some Dogs Will Love To Fetch An Antler Bone ]
[ Much Better Than They Would Ever Do Running After
A Tennis Ball ]
[ Whenever I Pick Up That Bone ]
[ She Will Always Answer The Call ]
[ She Seems To Think It Is Nice ]
[ When I Give Her Water With Ice ]
[ She Seems To Drink More When That Is The Case ]
[ She Must Like The Feel Of It Being Cold ]
[ Or She Loves The Taste ]
[ & When The Water Gets Old ]
[ I Throw It Away As Waste ]
[ I Try Show Her The Love & Loyalty ]
[ That She Shows Me ]
[ I Will Try, Try & Try ]
[ Until I Lie Down & Die ]
~ Ka hopena ~
|| Mahalo iā ‘oe ||
|| A hui hou mākou ||
|| Aloha ||
|| Na ||
|| Lopaka DeVoe ||
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