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About Ivan M. GrangerTimeline (1969 - ) |
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Twelve Ways to Lose Your Head on Maui
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Piercing the clouds, fingers of sunlight caress the valley floor. The Iao Needle stands, its immense quiet crushing. II. Staring blindly out the window, no work getting done — a stolen moment when silence has stolen me. III. Reading, I shiver in the Upcountry chill. Already old in the new year, the island and I shiver and grow still. IV. Baldwin Avenue meandering to Paia beneath an empty sky, cane fields surge in the sun. V. At the altar: Breath aglow in my throat. Golden treacle pools upon my heart. VI. The path to Twin Falls, dusty between my toes. Ginger points to the upper pool. Fallen guavas float downstream. VII. Hana Highway, pausing at each bridge to let traffic pass. Around the bend — endless ocean. VIII. Fasting on Saturday — empty stomach, empty head. Time spreads into stillness. IX. Cinnamon-red and blue, a pheasant stares through the window. Michele calls me, whisper. I see them see each other. X. In the cave among the eucalyptus up Alae Road — a fine seat for a city boy playing sadhu. XI. In bursts of wingbeats a cardinal darts by. The red bird finds himself lost among the red proteas. XII. The sun setting beyond Ma'alaea Harbor. The golden ocean, I see, drinks the tired eye in. I am gone.
2002
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Ivan
M. Granger's original poetry, stories and commentaries are Copyright ©
2002 - 2008 by Ivan M. Granger.
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