new worlds
spoken into existence
Pele clears her throat
Hi’aka dancing . . .
thunder echoes over the sea
flashes of mist
Lilinoe awakens
over Haleakala
third trimester . . .
the scent of Haumea's flowers
in the baby's cry
swaying palm fronds
Laka lifts her arms to the sun
Nāmaka's tidal wave
crashes into the fire . . .
her whispers
Michelle Hyatt, Canada
Jacob D. Salzer, USA
“ʻĀina,” the Hawaiian word for “land,” means that which feeds. It encompasses the Hawaiian worldview of a reciprocal and familial relationship between people and the land.