Anahulu Poepoe 7/5 – 7/14/2025

Aloha mai kākou, 

Happy beginning of the second summer session! As many folks are preparing for classes again, the following ʻōlelo noʻeau is a good reminder to take the time to teach and learn the smaller details in addition to larger lessons: 

E kuhikuhi pono i nā au iki a me nā au nui o ka ʻike. 

Instruct well in the little and the large currents of knowledge.

In teaching, do it well; the small details are as important as the large ones. —ʻŌN#325

This above ʻōlelo noʻeau reminds me of this excerpt of the following poem “He Mele Aloha no ka Niu” by Brandy Nālani McDougall, the current Hawaiʻi State Poet Laureate, in her book ʻĀina Hānau/Birth Land: 

There are reasons why 

the lichen and moss kākau

the niu’s bark, why

this tree has worn

an unseen ahu of ua and lā

since birth. Scars were carved

into its trunk to record

the moʻolelo of its being

by the passage of insects

becoming one to move

the earth speck by speck.