The poetry of Don Blanding / Vagabond's House - General Tiki

PR Phillip Roberts Tiki Socialite OAHU/Seattle Joined: Sep 09, 2003 Posts: 1701	PR Phillip Roberts Posted posted on Wed, Oct 10, 2012 10:57 PM Aloha, On 2012-10-08 01:58, bigbrotiki wrote: Thanks for the addition to the dateline, Phil. Placing Beaumont-Gantt in Honululu in 1929 makes it even more likely that he came across the 1928 edition of Vagabond's House. Don Blanding was perhaps the toast of the town then. I actually think it is most likely that Donn had at least a copy of Blanding onboard this yacht and it was an influence. Blanding was after all, the first poet Laureate of Hawaii, columnist and the father of "Lei Day". The same way I now think the "Shark God" at the Royal Hawaiian led to Vic's menehune iconography... Hotel And many other of my far-fetched hair-brained theories and schemes like the "Goof of Honolulu" Waikiki Tiki; Art, History, and Photographs. Available now from Bess Press Hawaii. [ Edited by: Phillip Roberts 2012-10-10 23:03 ]

Aloha,

On 2012-10-08 01:58, bigbrotiki wrote:

Thanks for the addition to the dateline, Phil. Placing Beaumont-Gantt in Honululu in 1929 makes it even more likely that he came across the 1928 edition of Vagabond's House. Don Blanding was perhaps the toast of the town then.

I actually think it is most likely that Donn had at least a copy of Blanding onboard this yacht and it was an influence. Blanding was after all, the first poet Laureate of Hawaii, columnist and the father of "Lei Day".

The same way I now think the "Shark God" at the Royal Hawaiian

led to Vic's menehune iconography... Hotel

And many other of my far-fetched hair-brained theories and schemes like the "Goof of Honolulu"

Waikiki Tiki; Art, History, and Photographs.
Available now from Bess Press Hawaii.

[ Edited by: Phillip Roberts 2012-10-10 23:03 ]

Post #655133 by Phillip Roberts on Wed, Oct 10, 2012 10:57 PM