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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MELE OLIOLI, by CHARLES W. KENN First Line: The ginger is the awapuhi Last Line: Breathing contentment and happiness to all. | |||
The ginger is the awapuhi, the bitter eel of jealousy; therefore, give not a lei awapuhi to your sweetheart for she will leave you at twilight. The ilima is the body of a beautiful young princess, delicate and gentle; the ilima withers at sundown like the beautiful princess. The poni-moi is a regal flower, the carnation: red, white and purple, symbolic of pomp and ceremony; it is the pua kea, the hapa-hoale girl, sweet, beautiful and gay. The pikake is the sweet jasmine from far away India, constant and ever-abiding; precious pearls so fragrant, breathing contentment and happiness to all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MELE HOOIPOIPO by CHARLES W. KENN MELE HOONANEA by CHARLES W. KENN MELE UHIUHI by CHARLES W. KENN NOCTURNE OF REMEMBERED SPRING by CONRAD AIKEN DE LITTLE PICKANINNY'S GONE TO SLEEP by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THREE PASTORAL ELEGIES: 1 by WILLIAM BASSE A WINTER DAY by ALBERT LINDLEY BEANE CUPS OF ILLUSION by HENRY BELLAMANN PSALM 128 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE TO A WILD BEE by MARY ANN BROWNE |
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