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Aloha. I'm an author of prose and poetry living in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. Please read with me, comment, and share your own writing.

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Month: January 2021

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

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

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

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

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, #Murder, #Prose, #ShortStory, #Weather, #WriterMonday

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, #Murder, #WriterFriday

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, #Murder, #WriterThursday

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, #Murder, #WriterWednesday

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, #Murder, #WriterTuesday

Mr. and Mrs. Robertson

I said, “David, what if she was bringing him some kind of sacrifice?” “How so?” “Well, maybe the man she … More

#DetectiveStory, #HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #WriterMonday

Everything I gave you

I gave you everythingI want it backall of itright noweven all these years laterunlessyou don’t have it anymoreall tossed long … More

#Love, #Poetry, #Wishes, #WriterSunday

Trying To Figure

Lieutenant Chan had asked me to come down to the station so we could talk further about my housesitting for … More

#DetectiveStory, #HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #Murder, #WriterSaturday

Paying Up (500 words)

We stepped into a living room decorated in rattan and lots of flower prints.  There was another tall, fit Haole sitting … More

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

Kāne‘ohe Again (450 words)

I was sitting by the phone at 8:30, just in case the greedy bastard was anxious to get his $1000.  But … More

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

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