When I first traveled to Kauai 45 years ago, I remember being awestruck by the coconut groves, each one of them seemed to be its own secret garden of chaos and order, sturdiness and fluidity, with arching trees, flowing palm fronds and coconuts scattered like jewels on the ground. “So, this is what tropical paradise looks like”, I thought.
I return to the coconut groves whenever I want to experience wonder and solitude in my own secret garden. I am never disappointed. - Kim
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Coconut
A coconut inside is brown
and sometimes I frawn
Cause the coconut is hard to open
It's very unbreakable and cant be broken
Inside there is milk and meat
Both are white and both are neat
I feel the liquid down my throat
Like a wave that hits the coast
The meat I take and eat like candy
Its sweet an yet not brandy
Josephine Mansing-Barfod | May 2014
Color Me Beautiful
Size 24”x36”
Original Oil Painting
