I race my children on the windagain to be a child in time and tagthe kid out now, too slow … More

there was no one stronger or smarterno one I admired more, loved morewhen I was very young but this is … More

a bit of language herea snippet of picture therethis reel of mind speech and image spliced togethercobbled into a kind … More

this past big rainI’m here to tell you, dammitthat when it comes pouring down on O’ahumy roof sometimes leaks a … More

you were the woman of that hourmidwesterner, freshening, your namesticks in my throat, just caught nowthat hollow of my whisper … More

It was nice, seeing Hawaiian music in Waikīkī last night. It was the group, Native Pearls. Mihana Aluli and Kanoe … More

So I’ve come to a really big (shoe) day in my writing journey. I was advised two weeks ago to … More

06.23.19 I think at that instanteverything will become only in the past and the ever pressing past will becomeall forgotten … More

06.22.19 Cindy You know, I should never go to the Humane Society. I have to hand it to my friend … More

06.21.19 Radio Hula my partner of the spinning dialit’s a weakness I can’t denythis shell without, within echoes hollow your … More

Thirty Years Tiananmen Square 2009On the day of the twentieth anniversaryI weave my way through crowdsOf Chinese soldiers sharply uniformedArmed, … More

Ghost Rain drizzled outside the window. How much? It’s $200. He looked back at her. Do you want it all now? She shook her … More

selective amnesia I mean I keep remembering youbut I forget all kinds of things all the timelike my site passwordsor … More

blackbirds very soon they will comeslowly gathering, so resentingtheir broken wings coming to betheir sunken eyes coming to seeencroachment. Ahthey … More

In the frame, you’re still standing,cooking at the hibachi, as always,one of your passions pursuedat least once a week, usually … More

Alone now on a kind of raft, this piece perhapsof a former raft that drifted by while I sat drawing,I … More

06.14.19 What Are the Chances? We have come to Galway’s Inismór, largest of the Aran Isles. At this moment, we … More

awake with that sweat and the suedesmell of you, my eyes wide as I realizeI should have asked, if I … More

Maile has become a voracious reader, and her appetite for books keeps growing. We’ve picked through the library offerings so … More

Here’s my draft for today, Tuesday 06.11.19. the price of aloha there is the green flash hope of them sitting … More