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

Natural Pink

Aloha,

                  This flower caught my eye because of it's color and symmetry. It was a little windy that morning, but this little guy looked happy, healthy and focused, with Waikiki Beach just in the background. Writers also need focus and symmetry in their storytelling. A good screenplay is described as a "tight little story." Let's aim at that idea today.                Enjoy!

Genre: Poetry

    

          Monday Star

Working under pressure

A nice way to dance

Driving a money car

From a place of innocence

Defenseless exposure 

The lock of daily game

Whether deadly or not

Works out the pain

Never to hold back 

And so needed where you are

Helplessness is no kicker

To be a Monday Star

Genre: Nouveau Hawaiian 

               Rainbows Forever 

There are rainbows with shades of blue

Where the rain goes they chase too

Destination danger allure lone ranger 

Rainbows forever find you 

Not the same with you not here

Pronto charms your flame so dear 

In your precious time as you turn to shine

Rainbows caress your fears

Rainbows above and beyond carry blues

Follow the rain glow as they choose

Fly float high fathom the sky

Rainbows forever find you

Known you too well to let you go now

Alive with your smile as young lives allow

Bring your blues, reds and yellows too

Rainbows forever find you 

                     

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.

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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

  

Color Bloom

Aloha,

Writers try to be as colorful as possible, but sometimes it is just a matter of "timing." It is very important to keep a journal and write EVERYDAY so you can continually surprise yourself with little "discoveries." Then you will be pleasantly surprised when a piece of your writing comes into a full "color bloom," like a Bird of Paradise. I made my "discovery" of this little guy at just the right "time."         Enjoy!

                 

Genre: Nouveau Hawaiian

                       The Heart of the View

The moment you soared you were one of the few

With a joy so contagious your smile into view

Clearly outrageous so much life left to do

You blast and you jump into the heart of the view

Restless hearts talk and promises before sailing the blue 

So questless a start for a passionate few

Set sail keeping only uncharted water in view

Confiding in someone special like you

Out there in the heart of the view 

Do your part see your way through 

Wide worlds may wonder as you sail on the blue 

Of heart's little thunder in the heart of the view  

Down deep inside is your heart of a dream

That's the part of your story it's what makes you scream

It's the heart of the matter it's what makes you "you"

As you blast and you jump into the heart of the view

 

Genre: Jazz Blues

                         Just Now

A little lateral thinking, collateral drain

Couldn't we endure just a little more pain

Would you please leap, just a little sideways

A little outside of your, ingrained byways

As you pattern my image, spatter my spinach

Hey buddy does it really matter, my vintage?

Oh please don't simplify

I like those, complicated eyes

Someday I'll realize, how you...

Looked at me just now

There it is again, never knew where or when

But until then, I will endure and abide, somehow

Forever and a day, how you...

Looked at me just now

Surrealistic realism, bridges the schism

As you start to continue, you chisel my heart

I'll remember forever, and from now

When my last breath takes a bow, how you...

Looked at me just now

Hey buddy can you spare a dime?

Well OK maybe next time

Can you chime in later with some chow?

And then only then I may know, I'll make that show

On how you... looked at me, Just Now

   

Genre: Environmental Poetry

                           Charm Yourself 

So warm in your way, so charming your day

Are we really talking global?

No harm to say yes, they swarm I must confess

I must say, we do pay, day in and day out

What's that you say, expect and convey, a drought

Charm yourself out

Something out there, holds this thing together

So slight and fluffy, just like a feather

How is your father's father? And, what did Mother say?

Sooner or later, there's gonna' be love to pay

Nature will have her say, in this there can be no doubt, so

Charm yourself out

Comes a new day, let's all get together in our own way

By the way, how's the weather? Sonny, what's that you say? 

Sunny and warm, that's what they say

The upcoming trend, just around the bend

Brings a new day, more on its way

Hey! I figured it out, here's what it's all about

Charm yourself out