ggburnette
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I'm a 1976 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. I served as a pilot in the Air Force and then National Guard for a total of nine years. After a couple of years as a computer programmer/analyst, I resumed a flying career as a pilot for a major airline retiring in 2016. I live in Maui now. Activities include playing golf and various volunteer interests. I also paddle canoe as a member of the Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe Voyaging Society.

Joined: April 2024 Last seen: 6 days ago

Submitted Poems 2 total

To Honor Us To honor us on this day in fields afar in graves we lay. You know us not, why should you care? So long ago our souls laid bare. Our lifeless bodies now but dust. The cannons silent from the rust. Should honor be from guns report? What... – *by George Burnette*	112 Views added 10 days ago	Rating
The Wa’a (Canoe) The Wa’a (Canoe) by George Burnette Simple magnificence ‘Elepaio picks the one Soon to be the wa'a The process has begun The modern unknown to Lea The koa so preferred From the hillside comes the call I Ku Mau Mau is heard The tree... – *by George Burnette*	7 Views added 1 month ago	Rating

To honor us on this day
in fields afar in graves we lay.
You know us not, why should you care?
So long ago our souls laid bare.

Our lifeless bodies now but dust.
The cannons silent from the rust.
Should honor be from guns report?
What...

– by George Burnette

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added 10 days ago

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The Wa’a (Canoe)

The Wa’a (Canoe)
by George Burnette

Simple magnificence
‘Elepaio picks the one
Soon to be the wa'a
The process has begun

The modern unknown to Lea
The koa so preferred
From the hillside comes the call
I Ku Mau Mau is heard

The tree...

– by George Burnette

7 Views

added 1 month ago

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