THE KUKUI REVIEW

Summer Solstice (Sample Poem, Not necessarily representative of future published poems here)

On this my 72nd year’s

shortest night,

with so many little stars 

to talk to,

I am not sure I can forgive

the longest day’s sun

for having been too big, too bright

and too busy to listen.

My birthday will dawn in 96 hours

for the 73rd time.

I have just finished 

living this year’s most prolonged day,

the sun’s longest journey

across a wide empty sky.

I cannot live without

the myriad small faces

that shine in the restful darkness.