The poems by Kimo Armitage bring alive Hawai’i gently: through effortless descriptions of the rain and honey creepers, the mist and breadfruit. It is a intimate portrait painted by one who is most familiar with the landscape’s myths and realities.
Haliʻa Aloha | Remembrances
Kakuhihewa’s Oʻahu Beholds
Kakuhihewa’s Oʻahu beholds
The woman of the heavenly mist
The woman of Kalimukele sits
With her filled calabash
The star, Keawe, shimmers in the lofty heavens
Casting a light on her face
She is adorned with the anise-scented fruit
Giving greetings to Laka, the deity of dance
Glance toward the Kilihune rain
That dampens the leaves of the breadfruit and pandanus
Majestically, the ‘Āpuakea rain reaches toward Mololani
Relax to the enchantment of the honeycreeper
For you is this affection
A name song for Noelani