Aloha Oe

Aloha Oe

Aloha Oe

Aloha Oe

Aloha Oe

Sweet Street

Soft Sojourn

Aloha,

                      This photo can symbolize a journey from darkness to the light. Writers also can infer or imply meaning using symbols. Let's write thinking about symbols today.      Enjoy!

Genre: Jazz

               You Were Awfully Good

On the face of it I never forget a name

Just leave a trace of it I'll get in the game

To name a few I have paid some dues a time or two

Only you... You were awfully good

I should have run away long ago like everybody else did

Who am I kidding long years of sitting in that lonely woodshed

A life lived in good spirits gives no demerits

Just horses and carrots but you...you were awfully good

Inspired by the cold and the dark

I take my little walk, in magical fashion

Sooner or later passion does as compassion should

And you...you were awfully good

In the safety of a cluttered mind

An artist draws what he sees what he finds

Museums of the world all await

To say hey you we'll take two that's great!

Never properly introduced

No problem we gently reproduce

If the media raises the heat, see if it could 

Because you...you were awfully good

Wisdom Fire

Aloha,

                 The color in these palm trees appear dull  because they are surrounded by the brighter colors of blue and white. This simple photo allows the viewer to use imagination and past experiences to add to its meaning. Writers also simplify important points to allow the reader to imagine. This is inference. Let's write today using inference.       Enjoy!

Genre:  eSweetHeart Poetry   

                    Legend Eyes

So silent you suffer the whispers

So cool you are under fire

Pursued by matters of mystery

You are the one they desire

Off the course and outside the ropes

Longing for a longer wider look

Where outcomes of dreams are hurried by hopes

You gave your reasons all the chances you took

You rally from defeat stay in contention

With a heart that knows no lies

Land with your life in the honor of mention

You and your legend eyes

All live forever in their flight of fancy

Weavers of magic with a heart of blue skies

Starting out friendly then up goes the ante

Nuancing you and your legend eyes

Delicate Dancers

Aloha,

                   This photo allows to flowers to come forward as bigger than the rest. Writers also bring story points forward by the use of exaggeration. Let's write using exaggeration today.

         Enjoy!

Genre: Blues Rock

            Blindsided By Your Visual

Error proneness well I guess that's me now

No more aloneness, worked that out somehow

With actions so prolonged and somewhat intense

I'll stay with you this day forever hence

You echo the sentiment you whisper in my ear

A competitor's impediment is what I like to hear

Some actions may kill and dash a lofty plan

I'll stay blindsided by your visual I'll be your man

Respect each other and speak of courtesy

A Whitman's sampler of restraint that's you and me

With a heartfelt renewable mandate so individual

I stay blindsided by your visual

The perfect skill set is now what we heed

As we seek and treasure our own privacy

With a natural reserve so residual

I'll  stay blindsided by your visual

                   

Aloha Oe

Aloha,

                 This photo shows brightness as a tone . A tone toward darkness is shade; tones toward brightness is tint. Writers add tone as well, except a writer's tone is more a feeling of emotion. Let's write with tone today.          Enjoy!

Genre: Country Ballad

           Heart of the Subject at Hand

Who'll be the next come one come all

Step up to the issue be a legend of the fall

Tell me again that thing you covet the most

Don't be shy be that guy propose your toast

Don't take it sitting down on the ground

Unflattering glare of that swivel chair

Imagine you know all and all you command

You be the man that's the heart of the subject at hand

What's that you say as feelings start to fade

And controversies or two won't fade from view

They take it sitting down but you know where you stand

Just be the man that's the heart of the subject at hand

It's easy to do to sometimes think only of you

But stick to your plan at least for a while or two

Sleep on it now then make your stand

Just be the man that's the heart of the subject at hand

Smokey Road

Aloha,

                 This photo was shot in the morning light in Waikiki. Can you imagine the shadows as smoke? The contrast in light allows us to do this. Writers also use contrast to stimulate the imagination of their readers. Let's write using contrast today.               Enjoy!

Genre:  Jazz Pop

                     

                      Destination Desolation

The time is near for us to face this thorny question

By any other name can a rose still be a a rose?

This may be the time to raise a new suggestion

Put your hand in mine,  see if love shows

Could we have a little walk, take a little time to talk

Feel the rhymes of these fast changing times

Plan a destination , or are we already there

In the lonely world of explanation

Destination desolation ...  it has its own ring

Destination desolation ...  is that the song we sing?

What are the chances there will be no more dances

Give me a clue... enhance our enchantment

Some people will say they still like the math

Others say we're "gonna take a bath..."

Tell me it's not true, that's not what's in store 

With what life we have, we can still fight for no more 

Destination desolation

                

Cool Green

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The Red White and Blue ... and Green

Aloha,

                Here is a little taste of sunshine for you! This morning-light photo can evoke an emotion. Writers also evoke emotions in their written text. Let's write with emotion today!

          Enjoy!

Genre: eWorld Poetry 

                        Cliff Puppy

I saw the news today Oh boy

About a little pup who had gone astray

And found the open arms of humankind

A happy day for a puppy, once upon a time

I was throwing a party and watching TV too

When "throwing a puppy..." came into view

Was that off a cliff and into a ravine?

Hey, that's no U.S. Marine

"Nonjudicial" "unspecified," is now the latest word

But can that little pup be continually heard?

While duty, honor, and compassion make us all proud

There's a little faint yelping still echoing loud   

Since those looks and lewd act have come into view

It's my turn now to personally eschew

Have we lost our sense, once held so dear?

"Duty Honor Compassion," cliff puppy stand sentry there

                      

Sweet Heart

Genre :  eSweetHeart Poetry

 Fiery Touch

Another crazy feeling seals it's hazy fate

An intimate walk of your interpretive gait

Allows us to peer perilously close

As your soft arrogance silently boasts

Your beauty is no glib rendition

While those eyes surrender without condition

Their signature is the love you make

Without redundancy or double take

So sweet now as if in bigger times

So soft here in the heart of our lovely rhymes

Then so swift your eyes quietly shut

You send me with your fiery touch

Love can take hands cold and blue

 To make a stand for me and you

And as the fires in our time will burn 

Let's vow together a generational turn 

And such a touch with all it's love

Lets the fire and ice push and shove

So new so restless so bold

It's our turn to come in from the cold

Only a small gesture through all of time

Now only to say this is yours and mine

Each morning to dusk it's Mr and Mrs Us

And your long ago eyes with their fiery touch

Pedigree Tree

Feather Vane

         

Aloha, 

                  Here is a "morning light" photo showing vivid color. The detail of color is emotional here, but writers beware: Too much detail in fiction can become dull and boring. Overuse of detail is cliche. Let's avoid cliche today as we write.             Enjoy!

Genre: Nouveau Hawaiian

                 Ice Cream Aloha

Geek me here on this little beach

With thoughts of going beyond the reef

I select a few tunes strike up my bands

What else to do here on these white sands?

Don't need the bad press I'm warm here and cuddly

Not like the rest they act so fuddy-duddily

I compose and I send to my little friend

What I do next helps me contend

Ice cream aloha

I stay on this beach warm strong and demure

Through the weekend I casually endure

And where do I go where I feel secure?

Ice cream aloha

Escape be the artist relax from the poses

As eyes ingest the world's candy and roses

I wait here on the beach for all that it brings

Tides try to restore the natural order of things

And what's in store for beach architecture?

The geek in me says nothing's for sure

I know where to go to get my little cure

Ice cream aloha

Tropical Nature

Silky Silhouette

Aloha,

                     This is a morning photo shot in the shade in Waikiki. Low light is some of the best light to shoot and can create visual harmony within a scene. Like photographers, writers can also add extra dimension to their characters with a momentary contradiction. Ironically, as in photography, this is also called shading.

Let's write considering the idea of shading today.                                                             

Enjoy!

Genre:  Southern Boogie

                      Stealin' the Show

Did you see it on the news now it's gone full blown

That little bit of interest got a life of its own

Now everybody's watching everybody's going to know

That little Conflict of Interest keeps stealing the show

That's something they'll cheer it won't go soon

Surely they hope they'll watch it balloon

Right here where all the world can see

Conflict of Interest on prime time TV 

It's a hard cold push to an ethical setting

Think of all the profits that little show is netting

This wonderful parade now takes the cake

It's way too late to try to put on the brake

Bound to get really out of hand

Always somebody new striking up the band

Where this is headed, tell me if you know

A little conflict of interest keeps stealing the show

Genre: eSweetheart Poetry

 Fiery Touch

Tenderly veering so perilously close

With the beauty and no glib rendition

Their fiery touch I love the most

There in your eyes that little condition

The love they make is so feather light

A truth they take ascends the night

Adventures candor with  little cries

That fiery touch in those eyes

Campfires burn with sensations and such

Then you turn with your eyes' fiery touch

Such a soothing statement in a world of blue

Fiery eyes whispering  I love you

Love cries soft footings takes hold

With a restlessness, beautiful and bold

Then the hearth of a home fire burns

Honey and butter for all the world churns

When we make our generational turn

In hope a sensually sensible sojourn

I will love and have loved you so much

And those eyes with their fiery touch

Electric Tree

Aloha,

                This morning's photo was shot within viewing distance of Waikiki Beach. It shows palm trees a little "shadowy."  This photo also foretells something yet to come. This phenomena is forshadowing.

                Writers use forshadowing to create suspense. Let's write with that in mind today.   Enjoy!

btw:   Thanks babe in the wilderness for nice comments! 

           You inspire me too!

Genre: Alternative Rock

    Let's Play 

Shake it don't fake it

Together let's leap-of-faith it  

Jump at this..opportunity

Common sense and community 

The hour is upon us  

To spread this stuff on us

That running for office got a little runny

And that's not so funny

What's your pleasure

Where's your desire

Let's play with some real fire

So sunny on the inside

Like a bunny on the outside

Look up there now down

Tell me now your favorite clown

That talk about survival 

And some kind of revival

Get down to it start shrinking some ire

Let's play with some real fire

Genre:  Country Rock Bluegrass

                  Wish I Knew  

The love you do surely rings true

Every time you smile it's thoroughly you

So nice and easy is your approach 

Ever twice so pleased I propose a toast                                                           

Wait one minute you say wait just now

You got to turn around cold turkey hankering crowd

They need a happy song in so many ways

One where nobody leaves and everybody stays

I wish I knew that old song Rocky Top 

Calling from a wilderness mountain so clear 

High up above mainstream Poppy Cock

Rocky would take us away from here  

Somebody somewhere yearns so fine

They're missing that kissing like yours and mine

I'd shape their escape from the sad and blue

If good old Rocky Top I only knew you.

So kind your heart with gifts you come

Magical happens when it's you they hum 

I know you're wild and not so tame

And resemble a bear with gentle game

Likable Recyclable

Aloha,

                   This little gem was found at the bottom of the boat harbor near Waikiki . .... the same fictional boat harbor Gilligan left on his "three hour tour" before we all became stranded at Gilligan's Island. This information is an example of backstory.

                   Writers don't have to be famous to come up with little phrase gems they like. They can do that in their reading activities. Great writers record their personal favorite "little gems" as  journal entries. They may discover their style in this way. Let's think about that as we write today.           Enjoy!

Genre: Jazz                                         

It.s a Rhythm Thing  

So brutal your honesty, honestly ruthless beautiful you 

Some say you must lighten it up for you know who

So cool you, your rhetoric too, bright like a brick you hear it tick

Now and then if you will, just say if you're ill or feel a bit sick

It goes by quick, you won.t feel the sting .. It.s a rhythm thing

 

People really listen as those words you glisten 

They swoon and they sway with the voice of their choice 

Another chat another day hear it as you say,

"Trust the sway, feel that swing".. It.s a rhythm thing

You bet your boot someone gives a hoot 

Those things you might do or may, or so they say

You.re the fashionable bling ... It.s a rhythm thing

All that remains are slight discernible stains

Not so squeaky and clean, still they know what you mean

Right then and there it.s up in the air for all who care

Some kind of change it.s a bird it.s a plane

Single words can.t explain what life will contain

And that song you sing .. It.s a rhythm thing

 

                 

Blue Tropica