Tellings of Aloha: Songs from Hawai'i

This is a collection of poems gathered over many years. It is a collection of pieces of me when put together, give a kind of portrait of me up to the moment I'm typing these words. I think of it all as a kind of stained glass window, possibly in a church, maybe in a museum or art gallery, sometimes simply held up to the light, my hands gripping it for dear life as the colors stream through.. I have lived in two places in my life, Hawai'i and Wisconsin. I have lived two places in my life, here and there. I have been two people in my lifetime. To say I've lived, well, here I still am. I'm in the final quarter and the clock's running. I'm in the final act and the guy handling the curtain is fingering the switch. It's hard winter, the Madison kind, a wind-chilled 60 degrees below zero with no letup in sight.. If you've ever wondered what you're about, I'm in that club. If you read me, I'll offer you this: I got my money's worth up till now. I hope it's the same way for you.. Mahalo for reading. A hui ho.