Always pictured as a dark forest in ever after land, a hollow space opening up to a cavernous clearing, echoing…
He Who Hesitates
My first winter ever, my friends, Kevin and Cathy, asked if I’d like to take a cross country skiing class…
Space Cowboys
You don’t need any money to explore space.In fact, according to a story I read,a cow jumped over the moon,…
Remembering Jeff
What I remember of him was he never seemed to take things too seriously, the spin of him, how he…
Icarus, Move Over
The pink plumeria tree still stands there. I can see it from my patio. More than twice its height at…
Lost
I’m hunting once more, roaming the mysterious interior,farther and farther into the forest of memory, the thicket of heart,traipsing around…
How Cold I Am
At this point I believe we should let what seems, just be, everything unquestioned and accepting anything completely. Let’s move…
The Backstroke
My specialty was the backstroke,that perhaps because I associated it least with drowning,my head above water the entire time.I would…
Eating Healthy
I’m leaning over this pot of stewing vegetables, trying to stay healthy, I’ve thrown everything into the mix I can…
Brass Ring
Whatever it was, however it happened, every leap turned out a big waste of time deal, in those days when…
I’m Still Here
I promised back then that if one day our situation worsened to the pointwhere people became belligerent and screamed at…
Peace
I stood by until after the crew had filled in the hole, a fresh mound of earth rounded over them.…
The Meaning of Family
You may have heard or read this morning’s news reportabout a man in China, kidnapped 24 years agoat the age…
My New Hawaiʻi-Based Crime Series
I’m happy to say that the first episode of my Hawaii-based crime series Follie: The Disappearances of Honolulu is now…
Come On
This time I drop down on my kneeTo ask if you’ll please marry meYou keep staring over my head Seem…
To Be at Sea
I’d like to finish round and glossy with some good I’ve done.Is any excuse good enough in the end for…
Well?
The well of regret runs deep, clear, cold, hot, then high. I’m a rock tossed into this endless pit, traveling…
An Old Salt
“Look,” my wife says, “they don’t go all the way under.” I see but am not relieved. “They lock you…
No Time for Sunshine
I’d love to write a poem affirming truth, and love, and constancy, extolling the happily ever after we all seek…
Double Truths
Now, you say, that, that was true knowledge, the kind unkind if the truth hurts you, a loved one, everyone,…
