Why Waikiki from metrics by bearfffbear

Why Waikiki

Verse 1
“Oh-Why-hee” so first we speak,
And when Cook mapped,
We learned to write with thirteen sticks
Enough sounds were enough

ʻŌpūkahaʻia brought in the mission
With Christ dead on his cross
Then Chamisso brought us to grammar
And history began

Verse 2
Kane: Father of living creatures.
Ku: the God of war.
Kanaloa: Rules the underworld and ocean
Lono: field and meadow.

Pele: Goddess of volcanoes.
Hina: Fashions the Moon.
Papa: is the Earth mother.
Poliahu: Goddess of snow.

Verse 3
Kama Pua’a commands the rain
Can shift from man to pig
Pele loves his outward man
But knows the hog beneath

The love of water and fire is brief
One must counter the Other
Drowning Pele calls to lava to flow
Kama Pua’a becomes grass

Verse 4
Kukae'pua'a


Verse 5
Dole fruit deposed Queen Liliʻuokalani
The US of A stole the rest
Sugar cane sealed the fate of the nation
Pearl Harbor showed its colours

A state from 1959
The year that I was born
Hawaii and I are twins
Separated at birth


Verse 6
Waikiki beach- with people tanning,
Throwing American footballs,
Playing volleyball, running along the sand
Fire dancing now flames the night

Behind the city of Honolulu
Presses against the beach,
The gods forgotten, the politics betrayed
The Queen awaits the future

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