A poem by Lee A. Tonouchi, Hawai’i’s own Pidgin Guérilla.

My Aunty Jane
loves for make
and eat
Okinawan food,
watch Okinawan programs,
and read all kine books about
Okinawa.

A poem by Lee A. Tonouchi, Hawai’i’s own Pidgin Guerrilla.

My grandma makes it
one habit
for carry cloves
of garlic
in her pants pocket.

In Okinawa, das how
she tell.
Supposed to be
so you no catch cold.