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LEAH SHLACHTER: To Make a Dish Hawaiian Just Add Pineapple

December 5, 2016 Hawaiʻi Review
Artwork: Rebecca Pyle, Between Two Trees, oil and black gesso on canvas, 24 x 30, 2016

Artwork: Rebecca Pyle, Between Two Trees, oil and black gesso on canvas, 24 x 30, 2016

Excuse me miss
Maybe it’s the dim lighting
but what is your ethnicity
or the aroma of spices
because you’re too beautiful
but a funny thing happens
to be Native American

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In Poetry, Ian MacMillan Awards, HR 85 Tags im, leah shlachter

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