Poetry On Odyssey: The Foreigner
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Poetry On Odyssey: The Foreigner

Poetry based on Hawaiian Colonialism.

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Poetry On Odyssey: The Foreigner
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Haole // Foreigner

A poem about the last Queen of Hawaii and the struggles she faced with colonialism as a child.

In the windowless grass hut,

The air drenched in perspiration,

and pain.

The combination of old,

and new,

Flesh.

The wrath of the sun unbearable,

The gentle caress of the wind closed out.

As she crowned,

A cry pierced through the crafted walls,

Drops of rain fall from the cloudless sky.

The Gods bask in their creation.


Alii! Alii! The sign of our alii!

The men cried.


Her eyes,

Plagued by ailment

But by the aid of the gods,

she persevered.

Slowly growing into her

blooming body.

She saw and heard the spirits in the

sky

clouds

and trees

She strung

bold pink and bright yellow

hibiscus petals

together with shell leis.

as she sang her songs,

her tiny hands clapping,

She

Danced to an unheard natural rhythm,

Sung to her by akua.

Taken care of by

The loving hands of her hanai.


hookamaia mai as called by the

Haole

Cleansed by the water

of the Messiah

By the insistence of the clergy

a young pawn

In a intricate game of political

Chess shuffling between the ʻAmelika hai

and the Alii.

In her times of need,

Her hanai

Would call on the Gods,

And even the new one

And heal her broken bones.

They would care for her,

As she would care for others.

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