- Waioli Tea House
Today I dig my toes into the lawn,
Relaxing on my plastic folding chair,
Just waiting for the noontime rain to fall--
Manoa Valley clouds spread everywhere.
Hibiscus speckle the long garden hedge
I pass upon my daily sweet regime
Of lounging near the tea house’s lanai
While eating scoops of passion fruit ice-cream.
The balmy breezes funnel from the shore
and wave the palms that grow across the street;
Another day in paradise, I think,
I’ll sit and watch the showers hit my feet.
