We continue our pictorial focus on Maui, HI.

VOLUME XVII – Issue 3: Sunday, April 29, 2018 (200th Issue)

 

  • Opening Comments from Bob
  • Two Poems: Will We Ever Learn? and Day 1
  • Recommendations

 

................Waikamoi Forest along the Hana Road

Opening Comments from Bob

This Page: This is the second in a two-part pictorial series on Maui. The first poem, Will We Ever Learn?, speaks on a serious topic while the second is much more light-hearted Day 1.

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Clouds low on Haleakala along the highway in Upcountry.

 

Two Poems

Will We Ever Learn?

Do you ever ponder about war
    and its futility?
The young in their prime
    march into forbidden lands
    only to return scarred
    in one form or another.
Others mourned
    in their sealed caskets.

Take a moment
    to peer into history.
Germany and Japan,
    once arch enemies
    now close allies
    and supplier of our cars.
Viet Nam
    the new “in” tourist attraction.
How can this be?

Leaders, and the power-broker
    pulling the strings,
    sow seeds of hatred and mistrust
    convincing the masses
    of righteous causes.
But look beyond the propaganda
    and supposedly noble causes.
Ultimately, power and money
    always serve as the root driving forces.
Woe to anyone
    who says,
    “There might be another way.”

Comments: No comments needed.


Day 1

0500: The chatter begins.
To them, it’s 8 a.m.
For me,
    the sun has not yet risen.
Their first full-day
    on the Islands
    has begun.
In an hour plus
    the sun will rise
    over Heleakala,
    sharing her golden warmth.

Later, the little ones
    will bask at Baby Beach
    while granddad,
    a bit for wear,
    will do likewise,
    smiling at life’s little gifts.

Comment: Craig, Nicole, and our two granddaughters joined us for 8 days. Sadly, the poem erred in the fact that the beach was windy and cold that day.

 

Waikamoi Ridge Trail—an often unnoticed attraction on the Hana Highway—just past Mile Marker 9

 

Looking down from the eighth floor of the Westin Resort toward one of the diving cliffs where yearly several tourists are seriously injured trying to go native.

 

The ginger flower in bloom.

 
 

Traveling up the Haleakala Road looking down toward the coast.

Baby Beach (end of Baldwin Beach) near Paia is always a favorite place to soak and meditate in the ocean.


Click here to enjoy a short video of my walk along Thompson Road in Upcountry.

Click here to view beautiful sunsets on Maui.

 

Even though this shot appeared as the header in last month's PJ, I thought it was worth a repeat. The picture was
taken after the 808ukejams.com at Keolahou Congregational Church in Kihei.

A view from Front Street in Lahaina.

Gorgeous Rainbow Eucalyptus trees located at MM 7 on the Hana Road.
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Recommendations:

    

A favorite booth of mine at the weekly Saturday Maui Swap Meet.
                                     

Enjoy delicious empanadas at another Maui Swap Meet booth.

Click here to read many recommendations from the past!

 

View of the African tulip trees taken along the Hana Highway.

Above: View from the Hana Highway around MM 15


Below:
A view at Keanae located off of MM 17.

 

Above: Another pic taken at Keanae.

Below: And another one.

 

This daily evening program occurs at the Hyatt Resort located on Kaanapali Beach.

 

Above: Olinda Forest (Waihou Springs Trail): Take the Olinda Road out of the cowboy town of Makawao.


...........................................................................Below: Windsurfers at Ho'okipa Beach.


Bob Casey
Poetical Journeys
P.O. Box 319
Midway, UT 84049

bob@poeticaljourneys.com

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