Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, I KA PO, MELE KANAENAE, by CHARLES W. KENN


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I KA PO, MELE KANAENAE, by                    
First Line: When day is done, the twilight, the ahiahi
Last Line: And then the risen sun, wehe-kaiao.
Subject(s): Hawaii


When day is done, the twilight, the ahiahi,
creeps over the isles;
the shadows of night, po, fall from above
until it is midnight, kau, and all is darkness.
Midnight crawls; oh! sweet ecstasy!
to be followed by the first blasts of dawn, wanao-ao,
and then the risen sun, wehe-kaiao.





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