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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEAD VOLCANO, by HELEN LOUISE STAPLEFORD First Line: Beneath the tao tree at waikiki Last Line: And pele sleeps through soft hawaiian days. Subject(s): Waikiki, Hawaii | |||
Beneath the tao tree at Waikiki, Tired swimmers lie upon the sand at ease, While served by bright-kimono'd Japanese, Stout matrons gossip over early tea. Bronzed children, at the inlet, shout in glee And rescue tiny crafts from dangerous seas. Surf riders bend and balance with the breeze. Life, color, joy reign here at man's decree. Beyond the silhouette of Diamond Head Brown rocks, belched forth in fiery wrath, pile high; Upon the coral reef, a wrecked hulk sways, As rhythmic as a mass sung for the dead. Green waves break in white foam. The sea-gulls cry, And Pele sleeps through soft Hawaiian days. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WAIKIKI: DECEMBER by BIM MELGAARD WAIKIKI: EVENING by BIM MELGAARD IMMORTALITY by HELEN LOUISE STAPLEFORD IVY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SYMPHONIC STUDIES (AFTER ROBERT SCHUMANN) by EMMA LAZARUS FOR THAT HE LOOKED NOT UPON HER by GEORGE GASCOIGNE THE STORY OF AUGUSTUS WHO WOULD NOT HAVE ANY SOUP by HEINRICH HOFFMANN |
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