Christmas Essays and Poems

Kalapaki Beach   

Christmas 2004, Lihue, Island of Kauai, State of Hawaii, USA

Fragrant handmade flower leis,

Mourning doves perched on the balcony,

Double rainbows arching the waterfalls,

Coral treasures along the sandy cove,

Red crested cardinals among the trees,

Hunky young Hawaiian men,

Graceful palm trees,

Colorful families of free range chickens,

Shimmering golden Awapuli Ula Ula (koi fish),

Stalks of pink jasmine flowers,

Soothing warm tides,

Shoyu sauce on chicken and rice,

Yellow hibiscus growing wild along the roadside,

Shopping sprees for colorful sarongs,

Warm days and balmy nights,

Drum beats at sunset,

White egrets, burnt sienna soil, deep green foliage,

The lullaby of surf at night.

Aloha Lihue. Aloha Kauai.

Mahalo for Kalapaki Beach.


Hawaiian Hugs from Gabriella, December 2004
An excerpt from Where the Red Tailed Hawk Flies
Copyright 2004 by Gabriella Graham/Red Tailed Hawk Publishing