PoetryPoetryhttp://marikahawaii.squarespace.com/poetry/2008-01-03T11:16:14ZSquarespaceForgotten Beach Boyhttp://marikahawaii.squarespace.com/poetry/2007/1/3/forgotten-beach-boy.htmlMarika2007-01-03T19:18:32Z2007-01-03T19:18:32ZOnce-revered
soul surfing navigator
of turquoise waters.
Discarded from
your playground since you were born,
before you could walk.
Replaced,
by a younger breed. With lighter skin and
deeper pockets.
Your ancestral ties
to the sea,
frayed.

]]>First Encounterhttp://marikahawaii.squarespace.com/poetry/2006/12/8/first-encounter.htmlMarika2006-12-08T21:03:38Z2006-12-08T21:03:38ZWords roll languidly-
Seductively even-
off of his full lips
like a fine silk robe sliding down virgin skin.
His animated baritone musings commanding
full attention.
Broad shoulders slung back,
he saunters confidently across the lawn,
Back arching and dark muscles flexing as
he carefully selects a mango from the blossoming tree.
His every fluid move-
a delicious,
engaging
performance.

]]>Twistedhttp://marikahawaii.squarespace.com/poetry/2006/10/27/twisted.htmlMarika2006-10-27T19:30:07Z2006-10-27T19:30:07ZGoing through the motions
and e-motions
Like a well choreographed ballet
Only there is no captive audience
But pen and paper
No encore
But silence
and
no closing night celebration
…only tangling in bed with absence
]]>Lamenthttp://marikahawaii.squarespace.com/poetry/2006/10/24/lament.htmlMarika2006-10-24T20:39:50Z2006-10-24T20:39:50Zskin
Freshly stamped on skin
Their union warming inside her
weaving a delicate spider web,
coarse in its power
to capture
tangle
and 

release

]]>Untitledhttp://marikahawaii.squarespace.com/poetry/2006/10/24/untitled.htmlMarika2006-10-24T20:38:34Z2006-10-24T20:38:34ZHis love,
        Preserved
like the box of knickknacks she would never revisit
        but once treasured so much

]]>Losshttp://marikahawaii.squarespace.com/poetry/2006/10/20/loss.htmlMarika2006-10-20T22:45:50Z2006-10-20T22:45:50Zwarmth
from his lips
still lingering
on mine
when the road's sharp bend
Surprised him
And he left
this world

]]>Final Rendezvoushttp://marikahawaii.squarespace.com/poetry/2006/10/20/final-rendezvous.htmlMarika2006-10-20T20:22:34Z2006-10-20T20:22:34ZThat dreaded conversation
The End
        and
               The Beginning
 
Chain smoking,
Heart sinking,
Tears-
burning our cheeks
and
choking our words
 
Reeling through the moment
Like an out of control merry-go-round
 
The sky wept as we wept
Our nook at the end of the world
...was ending
 
No more afternoon delights

]]>Her name is Lo'ihihttp://marikahawaii.squarespace.com/poetry/2006/10/20/her-name-is-loihi.htmlMarika2006-10-20T20:06:43Z2006-10-20T20:06:43Z
 
From the ocean she springs
Bubbling below sea level
Her above-ground debut thousands of years forthcoming
 
Slowly she compiles and compounds
Unsullied, fertile land
-- A gift
From (the Hawaiian Goddess) Pele
From Mother Earth
 
Fresh loam for generations yet born
Nourishment
Reparation
For earth destroyed,
polluted and bombed
 
She is New life
Sacred soil
 
Anticipate
her crimson blood
flowing down gentle slopes,
fusing with the sea
Creating.
A welcome blessing
A second chance.

]]>Haikushttp://marikahawaii.squarespace.com/poetry/2006/10/16/haikus.htmlMarika2006-10-17T01:02:32Z2006-10-17T01:02:32ZIndigo sky,
speckled with stars--
sunset aftermath
billowing clouds
curve along
the secluded cove

 
Ivory flowers
blanket red soil,
mango trees in bloom

 
Smelling rain
on oil-laden pavement,
I long for country 

 
surfers crouch
in liquid tubes,
returning to the womb

 

 
Barely submerged
Black, razor-sharp spines pierce skin:
Low tide.


 
Blowing out birthday candles,
she wishes again
for love

 

 
breathing shallow,
new lovers play
with nervous touches

 

 
abandoned,
azure-striped beach umbrellas
masked by snow.

 


 
Rain drops
intermittently,
rainbows brighten skies




Long silver traces
of shooting stars
leave her breathless

 
Jagged bolts of lighting,
Dazzling orange embers—
Earth’s fireworks



Tiny bursts of yellow light
illuminate dark woods:
Fireflies.

 
flames flicker,
ghosts on the wall
dance


 
Dew flecks
giant lily pads--
Amazon dawn.



Intoxicated love
and confetti strewn dancehalls:
Wedding season




Mosquitos
ruthlessly suck
tender folds of skin




She dislikes cologne
but finds his effort
endearing



Bustling streets
grow quiet:
siesta.




Full moon,
surfers glide
on silver water



Mid day
hot sand
burns feet



gusts of wind
sway tall bamboo forests:
wood chimes



treading
on virgin sand,
crabs scatter



North swell--
surfers churn
in whitewash



Swooping and circling,
Brightly-colored butterflies,
Flirt.


 
Bubbling below sea,
unsullied land
compiles and compounds


 

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