There was a choice in the road up ahead, should I go right, or should I go left? Night had…
Ireland Aloha
It was the moment I have wondered about on occasion, that moment when your death has reached the time it…
Good Medicine
Jim tells me he admires the thick patch of aloe vera flowing down through my rock garden to the patio,…
My Flying Machine
I can’t remember when I stopped dreaming about flying. This recurred often, once a month or more. I would be…
Customers
I see them pop up.It’s not really so unusual here.I imagine the dialogue, There, you say, no there.Yes, that’s it. …
That Heart-Shaped Box
Hanging up, I thought then, at that instant,because I was absolutely sure, 19-year old certain,the world would be shot full…
Black Falling Rain
The white smoke winding cloth about her face, pale cerement, raised off-handed, another Pall Mall cigarette lit, red pack, another…
AFTER ALL
I teach composition at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.I choose to spend as little time in my office as…
Time Was
It begins like the sound of unlashing whipsunlicking a soulful retreata music akin to tap dancing on sandthis shore that…
Unraveling Sleep
Winding and windingup to wound and bound tightas the tasks to grab all day’s promisescramp tension strapped up in rapt…
Spinning
It’s hard,the forever of never.I’d love to stay completely absorbed in the present,but I think of you now and then,…
Neighbors
Quiet practice I considered a courtesy.The gesture of a considerate neighbor. The walls in this apartment complex are thin.Sometimes I…
Escher’s “Three Worlds”
You appear to glide secret keeper of the third world swim beneath leaves scattered about the water’s surface second world…
As I Write This Title I Am
The thought is not to dwell in the past, or in the future,but to learn to live every moment in…
Who’s there?
I can’t see you. Not like before, when I knew for sure, you were right behind me, always there. I…
Watch
Did we miss each other?If my watch could talk, hah!, it would saywhat? 12:05, 06. If I had a watch…
Preview of Coming Attractions
Spring was watching for weeds to grow in the cracked concrete sidewalks,the dazzling pop of fresh green leaves all appearing…
Dance with Me
I don’t know who was more against it. We always held each other in vice grips. I waited for the…
A Body at Rest
She sleeps deeply, beautiful as smooth carved marble, her moonlit face shows no wrinkles, no scars that you might see…
Sloth
I would say or do anything to get out of this situation. Hey, I see clothes fluttering on the line…
