They remind me of
The Kalahari Bushmen
With fresh new updos
upsetting to owners
not having the same vision.
…
My neighbor complains
Where are my Sun Patiens?
Yesterday, thriving.
Today, I find savages,
Ripped them from their beds.
…
Perhaps the Bushmen
With zombie alligator
Stealth consigned at twilight
To a special assignment?
Predator belligerent.
…
* A Japanese poem made up of five lines, with the first and third lines having five syllables and the other lines having seven, totaling 31 syllables and capturing a complete picture of an event or mood.
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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 2016, 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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