Kauai Sonnets from the Papa Ehiku

Ingredients for a sonnet:

• 14 lines
• 10 syllables each line
• ABABCDCDEFEFGG Rhyme scheme.

Papa Ehiku was challenged to compose sonnets about Kauai in order to learn about rhymes and syllables. Here are the results of their work:

You are my big island in the ocean.

Oh, you are unchanged no one will beat.

Your palmtree and your fruit will make lotion.

Get a cup of lemonade to beat the heat.

I like to go to the beach by the sea.

We can go to the mountain koke’e.

We can go to the sweet home you and me.

Ea, we can go to uncles and eat some he’e.

Down in the the sun is we're we will lay.

Oh, in my heart how i very very much love.

Down the rode is hanalei bay.

We will travel to kawaikini up above.

We will go with friends to sit on sand.

I will go with to hold my hand.

--L.C.

Awesome babes on kauai is so hot.

the ladies on kauai is the best.

the most uluas that i ever caught.

kauai is mostly tornado less.

the house on kauai is expensive.

kauai will never get to be cheap.

when you come to kauai you gone sleep.

us folks on kauai has some secret.

on kauai has a lot of best plants.

my dog on kauai is the best pet.

we on kauai hate the fire ants.

i love kauai because get girls.

us kauaiians are the best in the world.

--E. G. M.

There is very good food at kaua’i

The stores over here have good musubi

When you get to kaua’i don’t get bully

At pono market musubi is so good

when you go to the beach you feel so free

You are da one who said you always could

When you are at a party you say chee

when you go to kaua’i you hula

If you do go to the mountain  shoot gun

Me and my friends go to are kula

if you do boring stuff, it comes fun

At koloa harbor fish take bait

So now you know, come visit it is great.

--K. G. K.

Oh Kauai you are so Beautiful

Manokalanipo how I love You

I love this island it make me Peaceful

At church we always sit at the same Pew

From here was the hawaiian super Man

On this land there are so much Pua’a

You need to be recycled cause the Cans

You are connected to America

You are so like the lone lonely Ranger

Manokalanipo’s not a small Child

In all times you are in grave grave Danger

Kaua’i you are not mild you are Wild

Kaua’i you are so great not just Bland

Manokalanipo you are so Grand

--KKM:



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