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Being there...
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Being there...
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PHA1 - "Generations: Beginning to End, and Beyond..."
USS Arizona and USS Missouri memorials with guided missile frigate passing to leeward, Battleship Row, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, 2005.
PHA2 - "Flying Bridge"
Graceful curves of the USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor, 2005.
PHA3 - " 'War and Remembrance' "
Emergent wreckage of the USS Arizona BB 39, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, 2005.
PHA4 - "Introspection: Looking Out to Look Within"
Ahab's contemplation,
From 'thin the ribs o' the whale,
Starbuck's words 'verbrate;
What gained in the chase,
What earned in the sale?
Tho' cause was just,
What was lost?
- Anon.
"Beneath, Between, Behind"
PHA5 - "The Thin Film that Separates: Worlds Beyond, Below"
Submerged deck of the USS Arizona BB39, 2005.
PHA6 - "Mighty Mo, Pearl Harbor, 2005"
USS Missouri BB 63 Memorial, Battleship Row, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, 2005.
PHA7 - "USS Missouri BB63, Pearl Harbor"
Pearl Harbor, 2005.
PHA8 - "Imprints of Pearl Harbor"
Approach to Ford Island and Battleship Row, Pearl Harbor, 2005.
PHA9 - "Ford Island Tableau"
Mooring berth of the USS California BB44, Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, 2005.
PHA10 - "Frozen Formation: Moment of Loss, Transcendence"
Hickam Air Force Base on the Pearl Harbor Entry Channel, 2005.
Hickam Air Force Base on the Pearl Harbor Entry Channel, 2005.
PHA11 - "To One in Paradise: 'And all the flowers were mine'"
Plumeria blossom on grass lawn amid leaf litter, Kailua, O'ahu, Hawai'i, 2005.
To One in Paradise
Plumeria blossom on grass lawn amid leaf litter, Kailua, O'ahu, Hawai'i, 2005.
To One in Paradise
Thou wast that all to me, love,
For which my soul did pine—
A green isle in the sea, love,
A fountain and a shrine,
All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers,
And all the flowers were mine.
- Edgar Allen Poe, 1833
PHA12 - "Cairns Hawai'i"
Precarious beach towers, Mokule'ia, North Shore, O'ahu, Hawai'i, 2005.
Precarious beach towers, Mokule'ia, North Shore, O'ahu, Hawai'i, 2005.
"Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!"
-Sitting Bull, Chief of the Sioux
PHA14 - "Ko'olau, Sacred Flank of the Living Gods"
The Ko'olau Range from Kailua, 2005.
The Ko'olau Range from Kailua, 2005.
PHA15 - "Ascendance: Olomana Peaks"
Olomana Peaks from Maunawili near Kailua, O'ahu, Hawai'i, 2005.
Olomana Peaks from Maunawili near Kailua, O'ahu, Hawai'i, 2005.
PHA17 - "Face the Breakers"
A 'Surfboard' rock reaches out into the ocean surge, Koko Head, Oahu, 2005.
A 'Surfboard' rock reaches out into the ocean surge, Koko Head, Oahu, 2005.
PHA18 - "From Hear to Eternity"
Halona Beach Cove, O'ahu, Hawai'i, 2005.
Halona Beach Cove, O'ahu, Hawai'i, 2005.
PHA19 - "Give Way to Orange"
Sunset at Mokule'ia, near Kaena Point, O'ahu, Hawai'i, 2005.
"Every seed is awakened, and all animal life..."
- Sitting Bull, Chief of the Sioux
Impressions of a Journey
On a deep night jog down a Kailua beach, stars sparkle in my footprints as the rain sweeps down,
Heavy raindrops activate biolumninescent flashes in the sand,
Water washes, runs down.
A hiking mountain climb in sandals to the razor's peak,
From eighty feet down to five hundred feet high,
In the space of a day;
Heart pounding effort, dizzying height,
Peace in perspective, a free view, worth excessive millions,
Blues and greens and whites unfurl,
Racing down, controlled descent, passion flower in my hand,
Lotus rest on the rocks.
A swim in the sea,
A turtle says hi.
Diving the wreckage, scuba attached,
Looking at life, counting fish;
Navy diver says (hand signal): topside in two (or less);
Removing the mask, black behemoth's bow pushes past;
Seawolf Class fast attack nuclear sub,
Teeth tingle.
Diving to depths of forty feet, just off the dry-docks,
near the Arizona, thrilling;
Counting fish in the brown dusky haze, losing light,
Losing visibility;
Reaching the lower edge of a rocky outcrop,
a muddy slope drops further out to deeper unseen places;
Peace out there.
- DJE
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