Of seasoned beauty
Be not deceived
The fire burns bright
On this starless night
Heed the elements,
Have a care, for
GOD and grasshoppers
will not save you there.
…
Leaping with zest
Reaching the crest
Baring its breast
Where the strata cut deeper
Posing new threats
Feeling suppressed
And the tactlessness
of the latest self-seeker.
…
It is a mountain worth the climb.
Though the path is steep and jagged
Will you heed the sign
Or the pain in your prime
Which has you feeling quite ragged.
Embrace your mind, divine the time
For the mere grasshopper,
Enlightenment can be unkind.
…
1/10/26
Published by
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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