Environment Architecture

Aloha,

     This photo was shot on a sunny day in late morning. Notice the contrast between the cool shelter of the building and the exposure of the flowers to the bright sky. Writers can also "show" contrast in a lyric, phrase, or genre. Let's try that today.

                                                                                                                                     Enjoy!

Genre: Environmental Poetry

 Nature's Hug 

Her hug is a gift who's arms we depend

Through the march of time a constant friend

So steady her gift and so carefully planned

Will ever her berth go unmanned?

She started with love then reinvention

Ends with our final deficit attention

The time has come now we know

Nature is a hug given us slow

We still feel lucky with the love she brings

Even now through the thick and the thin of things

She's a hard act to follow even now through the haze

Nature's hug our first gift will last through our days

Genre: Nouveau Hawaiian

                  The Reef is Chief

Hawaiians of old so proud and so bold

Did life really end was someone so cold

Hawaiians of old have your stories been told?

Relics sold like some curio

Hawaiians of old with stories of gold 

The reef is your chief with life it can hold

Alone by its hand from the waves to the land

Hawaiians of old the reef  is in command 

The reef is the chief the maker of sand

Life of the land held in its hand

The reef is the chief who stands with such pride

Stems the tide holding the fury inside

Hawaiians of old, of faithful belief

Your story is gold the reef is the chief  

 

Genre: Hip Hop

                           Let Me Play

Feel the need feel the heat

Make me a possibility

Wanna go go get some

I'm not just any gun

Take a possession make concessions

Log on get it on

Don't mess with a goodbye kiss

Just let me play

I'm a speed burner a real head turner

A yardage churner I will move your chain

Prototypical tickle popsicle

Coin drain grease my brain end this pain

Just let me play

The wind at your back on a firm fairway

On a good day I make 'em pay

Don't need no rogue trainer that's a no brainer

I do four point three that makes me a possibility

Just let me play

  

Environmental Conscience

Aloha,

   

     This  photo was shot at about 8 in the morning on Waikiki Beach. There are no obvious signs of life, but if you look closely, you may see some. The sky and water are blue because their oxygen refracts sunlight at the blue wavelength. Although we can't see the sun or the oxygen, we can sense its result by the presence of blue. The clouds are white because they hold water, which refracts all colors of sunlight. This photo "implies" the presence of life. 

     This idea is also true in lyric writing. Writers concoct images, offer a sense of story, and deliver emotion with simple words. We don't "see" all the ingredients, but we can sense the "life" of the story.                                  Enjoy!

Genre: eFuture Poetry

           Tell Your Story

Learn the language, learn it well

Oh! the stories you will tell

Don't you worry, don't be shy

Your life may end, but you won't die

Learn the language!

Learn the language, learn it well

Tell your story and tell it well

Burn your anguish, it may sell

Learn the language, learn it well

Learn the Language!

Strip to essential, plot your plot

Get a hook make a book,why not

Chart a few memorable lines

You're the one who makes it shine

Learn the language!

Genre: Hip Hop

      

                That What You Want?

You left it there, that ringing in my head

Do you care? Am I better off dead?

Thought I bought it then I heard a cheer

Really got me how you took me there 

You sing your jaunt with a stinging taunt

You ring this haunt and spring your daunt

That what you want?

There you go, singing for praise

With eyebrows raised, all the craze

Sing your song, they sing along

Your little jaunt in the places you haunt

Get out there don't beware 

They may care, anybody there?

Your sound is what they really want 

A little jaunt with a stinging taunt. 

Go out there!

Ocean Blue Sky

Aloha,

     It's a sunny day! Let's see what our photo conjures up today...

Genre: Hip Hop

                         Just Do It

Finally now, just get it together

Don't you worry about the weather

Think of it like there's nothing to lose

If you're not living your life, then who's?

What's the use pining and paining

You look outside, it just started raining

Who really are, they to you?

You're the one who, started to do

Just do it, do something uplift

Give yourself a really big gift

Get to it, there's lots of time left

Just do it! Use your heft

You say, they got to you

They say, that story's all true

You know you almost blew it, already knew it

Get to it, just do it

Turn that boat, do it with a bang

Don't talk about that old song you sang

No hangtime, and no shapeshifting

You are the one, you do the heavy lifting

Just do it!

Genre:  Bluegrass

                        Blow Me Away

Night falls, the wind is cold, so tired so old

Or so you say, were your feelings today

But you're not done, you cover your tracks

And begin to mount, the mother of all comebacks

Come on, blow me away

Tell me the truth, I'll believe what you say

Bring it to me, your shocking stretch of game

Blow me away, make a name

Face it, ace it, I know you can taste it

It's in your sights, you're dead to rights

Get the game point, in this little joint

And your stream of wows, steady now

Don't derail now from the roar of the crowd

Hear them shout, close it out

When you're older and wiser and rocking gray

You'll still hear them say, Blow me away!

Genre: Cool Jazz

   Just For Me

Somnamulate and woo me

Never hesitates to sooth me

More than hypnotic curiosity

Timbre talented

Through the night so gallanted

Iceberg tip beauty to me

Nonchalant entitled

Raw loveless unbridled

Music flows with sweet harmony

Cool with the moves 

Casual grooves

You phrase your words nonchalantly

And away from all harms

Infuse to these arms

Charmed intrusions only for me

Paradise

Aloha!           Here is a picture and a song for you beautiful New York Giants... straight from paradise!

Genre: Hip Hop

                                            Leap of Faith

What a day for jumpin' around, whoopin' it up, makin' a sound

Who knew we'd still be around?  We knew!  That's who!

Well look out there, that's a pretty good throng, jubilant fans. we played their song

With a leap of faith and a steady hand, and three little words from the man

Say What? What we gonna do?

Hey What? Yea, you heard it true,

Say What? Now everybody shout,

What we gonna do? We gonna Stomp You Out!

Let's go downtown and have a parade, the ticker-tape kind, we made the grade

For those other guys it's such a pity, we're gonna get our own key to the city

Because of what we did, not only what we said, yea those other guys, they ended up dead

A leap of faith no more, believe me you, now we showed the world, what we gonna do

Say what? What we gonna do?

Hey What? Yea, you heard it true,

Say What? Now everybody shout,

What we gonna do? We gonna stomp you out!