In the beginning, there was a cubbyhole.
It was an age of discovery.
Crawling out of the ooze.
Napping, day and night.
Learning most of the rules.
Why can’t I put this square thing into my ear?
Acing the game of I want and bull’s eye.
A special time before the
Commands and bitches
When the mind was fixed
On creating a crown of papier-mache.
Now put it on, march knees high.
Dance with a star, snatch the sigh.
Spill a tear, spread some cheer.
Broadcast from the moon.
And eat some non-green cheese.
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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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