I used to have parties
Back in Hawaii
They were hurricane parties
Bottoms up parties
To alleviate the worry parties
Stock up, slow down, and gratitude parties
A few– bring everything inside parties
Sedate the Great Danes for New Year’s parties
Church fellowship parties
Aerobic Ministry parties
A memorable 40th Birthday party.
No time for the blues parties
Sail Away parties
Marathon running parties
Launching Book parties
Making my first Art sale parties.
Pen Women parties
Hiking milestone parties.
Dinners
Luncheons
Even breakfast parties.
Sons, stepsons, and stepdaughters’ yearly Birthday parties.
I used to have parties, now I go to parties.
Celebrate every minute of every day
because life is a gift when you’re rich with friends and family.
Cos, Can, Can
And No Can, No Can
Besides, time is fleeting, smarty.
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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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