Prompted by Poet's Place Cafe

Storyteller

Storyteller

Time has flown since
humuhumunukunukuapuaha’a *
swam from my fingertips
as I danced
the tales I was taught.
These same hands
built a business,
showed horses how to trust
and the babe
in my arms how to love.

Now spotted with age,
my fingers float
across a keyboard
placing phrases on a page
to tell my stories.
         ~Judi Van Gorder

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15 Lines
Free Verse

* Hawaii’s state fish said through the hands of the hula dancer by extending the left hand, palm down and placing the right hand on top with thumbs protruding on each side. The hands then undulate while the thumbs rotate. “when the humuhumunukunukuapua’a come swimming by”
Inspired by: "DISCUSSION: Why do you write?"  
and "Poetry Newsletter (February 19, 2020)" 
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