Photography, Poetry

Hawaiian Time


Third Place, Multi-Discipline (Poetry and Photography)                                                National League of American Pen Women                                                                                      2015 Vinnie Ream Competition. 

Hawaiian Time is dedicated to survivors of domestic violence.

This poem didn’t make it into the book.

Ugly Love
I love you, sweetheart.
I promise to take care of you, always.
That is why
you need to be quiet and listen
you don’t get to have an opinion.
You cannot be trusted to take care of yourself.
You would starve if left on your own.

You are not quick enough or strong enough
and besides
right does not have to explain itself to wrong.

Sorry
but I care, that’s why I have to constantly correct you
I admit I lost control when I hit you
I will never do it again.
Forget it,
get your sneakers on; we have work to do.
Remember, I love you
now give me a kiss.

© 4-19-16 Cornelia DeDona

You can help me by clicking on the link below to preview my new book, Hawaiian Time.
Please take a moment to rate my preview and Thank-you!!! ~ Cornelia DeDona

https://www.createspace.com/Preview/1190531

To purchase your copy of Hawaiian Time:
https://www.createspace.com/5751889

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C. S. De Dona

Author, Poet, Photographer, domestic violence survivor, and naturalized immigrant, Cornelia is currently an Arts and Letters member of The Southwest Florida Branch of The National League Of American Pen Women. Cornelia lived in Kaneohe, Hawaii, for thirty-six years. Also, seven years in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York. She now resides in North Fort Myers, Florida. Her poems and photography are published in print, online, and in Rain Bird, a literary and art journal of the University of Hawaii's Windward Community College (2008-2013). In 2013, Cornelia received Rain Bird's Kolokolea Poetry Prize for her poem, "Speaking French." In 2015 her chapbook "Hawaiian Time," entered in the National League of American​ Pen Women's Vinnie Ream contest, was awarded third place in their inaugural multi-discipline category.

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