The Poetry of My Soul: Love, Honor & Healing

By karen Aulani Hoke

This book was written to help heal my heart from life. It's about love, courage, family, friendship and belonging. It's about remembrance and dedication. Love and it's declaration. It's about never losing sight of your dreams. It is about FAITH...in myself and my Maker.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Feb 15, 2012
• ISBN: 9781468549843

karen Aulani Hoke

Karen grew up in Oceanside, California. She starting writing poetry at the age of 10 and quickly realized that she loved sharing her intermost thoughts and feelings with her friends. She sent a few of her early poems to poetry contests and won Honorable Mentions. Two of those poems were published in separate books of the Anthology of American Poets Collections. Another poem was wanted to be made into a song but her parents thought that she was too young so they did not allow her to sign that contract. But that did not stop her from writing. It gave her an outlet when she needed to express herself and it helped her heal when her heart was broken. She needed to do it. Her poems gave her a purpose in life. They are her therapy. She also found that her friend liked them, too. She found true happiness writing. Now, at 45, living in Lahaina, Maui, she has seen many dreams come to pass. She raised her son, Gabriel, in a peaceful paradise. She paid homage to her father by having her son follow in his Grandfathers footsteps to Graduate from his beloved Historical Lahainaluna High School. Then, found many tears of joy and pride as she and her Mother sat in the audience watching her son Graduate from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, with the equally Historical 100th Class. Her last youthful dream is to complete this book so she may leave a legacy of love to her family and friends.

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© 2012 by Karen Aulani Hoke. All rights reserved.

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First published by AuthorHouse 02/03/2012

ISBN: 978-1-4685-4985-0 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4685-4984-3 (ebk)

Printed in the United States of America

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CONTENTS

Chapter 1

I Miss You, Daddy

It Doesn’t Really Matter

Maui Boy

We Love You, Pop

Staying Strong

Ready

My Daddy

Makena

Chapter 2

Can’t Help But Miss You

Can’t Get Over You

Broken

Almost Christmas

Enjoy Life

Even Though You’re Gone

Forgive Me

Eternal

Can’t Seem To Find My Way

You Knew

You Don’t Visit

Sometimes Love Is Forever

Sisters

Sadness

Napili Bay

My Angel

Maybe

Lyrics

Little Girl Love

Lahaina

Laughter And Tears

Lahaina Sunset

I Remember The Day

I Love This Man

Haleakala

Focus

Run Away

Sometimes

Every Day

That You’re Not Here

Somewhere In Heaven

Uncle Bruce

Dear Aunty Ulu,

More Time To Heal

Chapter 3

Before It’s Too Late

If You Ever

Happy Birthday To Me

I Still Wish

I Stand Alone

I Can’t Promise You

Free My Heart

Exuded

Angry

All I Really Want

Justify

No Choice

No One

Not Long Ago

One World

Tell Me Please

What Good Is Pride

Puppy Love

Never Guaranteed

This book is dedicated to my Dad, Charles Joseph Hoke, who taught me how to dream…

and to my Son, Gabriel Makanani Reyes-Gomez, who fulfilled the most important one!

With all my love,

Karen (Mom)

Chapter 1

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