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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 NO MATTER WHAT, AFTER ALL, AND THAT BEAUTIFUL WORD SO by HAYDEN CARRUTH SHE WEEPS OVER RAHOON by JAMES JOYCE MERLIN by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON THE VIRTUOSO; IN IMITATION OF SPENCER'S STYLE AND STANZA by MARK AKENSIDE SECOND BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 12 by THOMAS CAMPION WALLS by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. RETURN by KENNETH SLADE ALLING THE OPTIMIST AND THE PESSIMIST; A DIALOGUE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |
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