Ggburnette's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by ggburnette  —  There are currently 2 poems total — keep up the great work!

To Honor Us

To honor us on this day
in fields afar in graves we lay.
You know us not, why should you care?
So long ago our souls laid bare.

Our lifeless bodies now but dust.
The cannons silent from the rust.
Should honor be from guns report?
What...

by George Burnette

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The Wa’a (Canoe)

The Wa’a (Canoe)
by George Burnette

Simple magnificence
‘Elepaio picks the one
Soon to be the wa'a
The process has begun

The modern unknown to Lea
The koa so preferred
From the hillside comes the call
I Ku Mau Mau is heard

The tree...

by George Burnette

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added 2 months ago
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