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Hawaiʻi Youth Poet Laureate Kalehua Fung inspired by Queen Lili‘uokalani’s dedication to culture

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COURTESY MACC
Hawaiʻi's 2022 Youth Poet Laureate Performs 'Ode to Messes'
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                                Kalehua Fung, photographed at her alma mater Halau Ku Mana Public Charter School in Makiki, holds a picture of Queen Lili‘uokalani.
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Kalehua Fung, photographed at her alma mater Halau Ku Mana Public Charter School in Makiki, holds a picture of Queen Lili‘uokalani.

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                                In addition to Kalehua Fung, the MACC event’s top five finalists, were, from left to right, Kealoha Comcowich, Lyric Kensington Ono, Miya Peterson and Nicole Dao.
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In addition to Kalehua Fung, the MACC event’s top five finalists, were, from left to right, Kealoha Comcowich, Lyric Kensington Ono, Miya Peterson and Nicole Dao.

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                                Kalehua Fung’s poem “Ode to Messes” was inspired by Queen Lili‘uokalani. “She was just very rooted in aloha for her people and her aina, and that inspires me as a Native Hawaiian,” Fung said.
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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

Kalehua Fung’s poem “Ode to Messes” was inspired by Queen Lili‘uokalani. “She was just very rooted in aloha for her people and her aina, and that inspires me as a Native Hawaiian,” Fung said.

CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Kalehua Fung, photographed at her alma mater Halau Ku Mana Public Charter School in Makiki, holds a picture of Queen Lili‘uokalani.
COURTESY PHOTOS
                                In addition to Kalehua Fung, the MACC event’s top five finalists, were, from left to right, Kealoha Comcowich, Lyric Kensington Ono, Miya Peterson and Nicole Dao.
CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Kalehua Fung’s poem “Ode to Messes” was inspired by Queen Lili‘uokalani. “She was just very rooted in aloha for her people and her aina, and that inspires me as a Native Hawaiian,” Fung said.