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This poem is from the book Dust and Diesel: Poetry of Perseverance in Rural Hawaiʻi by Darlene M. Javar (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://finishinglinepress.com/product/dust-and-diesel-poetry-of-perseverance-in-rural-hawaiʻi-by-darlene-m-javar/
Darlene M. Javar, a retired principal, relishes her rural life in Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi. She treasures time with ohana, especially her moʻopuna/grandchildren, time for poetry, time for the aina/land—Hawaiʻi and beyond. Her poems are published by Bamboo Ridge Press, Chaminade Literary Review, Hawaiʻi Pacific Review, Earth’s Daughters, Gyroscope Review and others. Her first chapbook, Patsy’s Gingerbread Fantasy, was published in 2024 by Finishing Line Press. Dust and Diesel: Poetry of Perseverance in Rural Hawaiʻi is her first full-length collection.
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