by Bela Johnson | Sep 27, 2016 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, poetry, Uncategorized
Crystalline silhouettes contract and pucker, kissed now by sun like a lover rounding shards of earth where thundering hooves of waves seek ecstatic ground, flicking fingers of saltwater sucking themselves dry in flat palms of lava braced against shoreline above which...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 20, 2016 | Hawaii, musings, nature, poetry, Uncategorized
Wind and sea, earth and fire; sun scorches water, shriveling it to savory powder as it dries upon rocks bridging tidepools; Salt in the ocean floats bodies at its pleasure, pulls sand out to sea for months at a time and spits it back where and when it wants; Wind...
by Bela Johnson | Sep 6, 2016 | Hawaii, inspiration, nature, Uncategorized
I: The Birds I wanted to know where birds go in a storm, how nature battens her dear ones down in times of necessary turmoil when she can longer suppress the urge to discharge and flush herself clean of burdens borne daily, clearing tangles of detritus from her...
by Bela Johnson | May 3, 2016 | Hawaii, inspiration, lifestyle, nature, personal, Uncategorized
I wish to remember, recall feelings first experienced when landing on Hawai’ian shores twenty-five years ago; warm damp breezes on pale skin, imminence of realities poking threadbare theories full of holes, prodding into shapes of settle down, learn to receive,...
by Bela Johnson | Apr 12, 2016 | Hawaii, lifestyle, nature, personal, philosophy, Uncategorized
The parking lot teems with canopies, surging currents flooding over voices animated with greeting as we totter across the channel, picking through boulders, broken concrete, dogs in tow, luau feet wobbling unsteadily on paddleboards, crescendos of laughter; and off...
by Bela Johnson | Mar 1, 2016 | Hawaii, lifestyle, musings, nature, poetry, Uncategorized
In the phenomenon of night sky, I watched the moon rise full against an indigo canvas; Rose-rimmed clouds drifting along, causing stars to glisten like the silvery skeletons of jets in flight, billowing by under stealth of inky half-light, advancing across the heavens...
