Lehua, M., Taitano, poet, author of "Inside Me an Island."
Ms. Taitano reaches for a basket loaded with slips of paper.
She flutters her fingers among the small sheets.
Ms. Taitano motions for an attendee in the audience to come to the stage.
A man from the audience comes to the stage.
He rustles around in the small papers and takes two from the basket.
He drops a slip on the floor and picks it up.
Standing at the podium, he reaches for his glasses in his shirt pocket.
Tony reads the slip of paper again with his glasses on.
Tony, standing next to Ms. Taitano, takes off his glasses and pats her on the shoulder. He touches the middle of her forehead with his finger. He takes hold of her hand, and brings her finger to his forehead. She smiles.
Ms. Taitano thumbs through her book, "Inside Me an Island," looking for the story.
She turns a page, and lowers the book momentarily.
Ms. Taitano turns the book around and shows the pages to the audience. She recommences her recitation.
She raises her arm toward the ceiling.
Ms. Taitano, still holding her book, steps away from the podium.
She sets the book down and takes a swig of water from a bottle.