We were those colorful roman candles ignited, admired spectacle us,our rapid upward flight culminating is a dazzling explosion,skyrockets soaring out … More
Month: July 2021
The Next New Year
2020 hung on like the fabled in-laws of horror lorewhose interminable visit, born of some hitched up sufferer’stearful nostalgia for … More
Laundry Lines
My mom calls out from the kitchen window, telling me to hurry and bring in the clothes drying on the … More
Happy Birthday
What it is important to forget all about is this wish, in what would be your classic bated moment, about … More
Would Ever Seen
I feel you off-hand in my pocket just now,jingle your magic among the loose change,finger the coin of your clever … More
A Haunting
Always pictured as a dark forest in ever after land, a hollow space opening up to a cavernous clearing, echoing … More
He Who Hesitates
My first winter ever, my friends, Kevin and Cathy, asked if I’d like to take a cross country skiing class … More
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, … More
Remembering Jeff
What I remember of him was he never seemed to take things too seriously, the spin of him, how he … More
Icarus, Move Over
The pink plumeria tree still stands there. I can see it from my patio. More than twice its height at … More
Lost
I’m hunting once more, roaming the mysterious interior,farther and farther into the forest of memory, the thicket of heart,traipsing around … More
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 … More
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 … More
Eating Healthy
I’m leaning over this pot of stewing vegetables, trying to stay healthy, I’ve thrown everything into the mix I can … More
Brass Ring
Whatever it was, however it happened, every leap turned out a big waste of time deal, in those days when … More
I’m Still Here
I promised back then that if one day our situation worsened to the pointwhere people became belligerent and screamed at … More
Peace
I stood by until after the crew had filled in the hole, a fresh mound of earth rounded over them. … More
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 … More
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 … More
Come On
This time I drop down on my kneeTo ask if you’ll please marry meYou keep staring over my head Seem … More