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Aloha and e komo mai. I'm an author of prose and poetry born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. I publish a daily rough draft here on my author site. Please read with me, comment, and please share your own writing. Mahalo for reading, and a hui ho.

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Month: January 2021

Closing Time at the Kaka‘ako Café

Even though the café was a small one, between cooking and running the front by herself, Asako was having a … More

#CharacterSketch, #Food, #Hawaii, #ShortStory, #Work, #WriterSunday

To Move On

All those times you’d been togethernot holding onto you, sticking with you,how after all this can laughter heal you, evercome … More

#Death, #Grief, #Love, #LovedOnes, #Poetry, #sonnetsfromhawaii, #WriterSaturday

The world, grown old

You know, my fate’s really always come down to you.It’s been that way since 1982.I’ve counted the years nearly every … More

#Love, #OldAge, #Poetry, #sonnetsfromhawaii, #Wishes, Aging

No Game Stop

We were that amusement, some bright, shiny object,the birthday toy, the circus mobile spinning above the crib to mesmerizeor maybe … More

#Games, #Love, #Poetry, #Relationships, #Time, #WriterThursday

Within a dream

When she hugged you the last time, the wind whispered, traitor. You feed my sleep often with dreams of yesterday … More

#Love, #Poetry, #Searching, #WriterWednesday

My dog howls at the moon

Is it because he wants to have the moon here with him?Does he want to eat itfor all he knows … More

#Animals, #Astronomy, #Poetry, #WriterTuesday

dot dot dot

pretend you knew where you were goingand now you’ve run into usso follow along the silent spaces we speak in … More

#Mystery, #OnWriting, #Poetry, #Reading, #WriterMonday

2019 in Wuhan

This is for the man in Wuhansitting by the roadside in the shade of the overpassdirty white undershirt and mussed … More

#CharacterSketch, #China, #Poetry, #Travel, #WriterSunday

Strong Women

She was having a hard time going to sleep, maybe fear of the dark and all those kinds of trauma … More

#Children, #Education, #Grandparents, #Hawaii, #Politics, #Prejudice, #Race, #ShortStory, #WriterSaturday

This is now

Sometimes I think I’ve becomethat man it’s said will never understand the boyeven though he has been that boybecause he’s … More

#Childhood, #Poetry, #sonnetsfromhawaii, #Time, Aging

Poetic thought

The more I drinkthe higher the cigarette butts pile up in the ashtraythe more I think . . . That … More

#OnWriting, #Poetry, #WriterThursday

A Way with Words

We’d all grown up together from small-kid time, most from age three or four, so far survived school, work, bad … More

#fiction, #Prose, #Time, #WriterWednesday, Aging

burn that mother down

I stare into a mirror sometimeswhere we bathed in a fiery lakebaby seen over my shoulder those gray eyesI can’t … More

#Dancing, #Love, #Poetry, #Relationships, #sonnetsfromhawaii, #WriterTuesday

Stormy Weather

He stepped out into a sunless day.  He wondered where it had gone.  Oh no. Could this be that end of the world … More

#family, #HawaiiCrimeFiction, #Prose, #ShortStory, #Weather, #WriterMonday, Murder

Mānoa Driving Lessons

Friday nights we smoke dopedrink Strawberry Hilland I give Steve driving lessons Every time we pass by her houseSteve stops … More

#Cars, #Drugs, #Games, #Love, #sonnetsfromhawaii, #Teenagers, #WriterSunday, Drinking

maybe try saying this

so if you can’t say every single wordthen try at least a word or tworemarking maybe howtwo neutron stars will … More

#Astronomy, #Love, #Music, #Poetry, #WriterSaturday, #Writing

One Last Swimmer

David whispered, “Lanning, go back down the driveway.” “What is it?” “Just go, get to a safe distance.  Rodney, you cover … More

#DetectiveStory, #HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #WriterFriday, Murder

What’s the Real Crime?

We went down and sat in the hotel lobby.  David and Mr. Kim discussed three things:  what might have been the object … More

#DetectiveStory, #HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #WriterThursday, Murder

All the Swimmers Are Strong

“What’s he done?  Lady, that is what David Chan will get out of the guy who just plugged your hubby.  Either he … More

#DetectiveStory, #HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #WriterWednesday, Murder

Mr. Kim Rings In

Mrs. Robertson added, “We go to Europe frequently for Lambert’s business, but we manage to vacation a good deal.” “Yes, … More

#DetectiveStory, #HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #WriterTuesday, Murder

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