Can smell the fireand the watersometimes imagineif water has a smellthat remnant steamy scentof memories Never cared for the way … More
Month: January 2024
Breathe
When I could bare to stand nakedYour eyes on me for a first timeI prayed for the bestCrossed my fingers … More
A Book of Hours
My legs go numb standing thereGrasping the wooden edges to hold meSo long that the usher behind meClears his throat … More
It’s Inevitable
What’s that oneOn the tip of your tongueOr more your ear It goesDa da da di da di da da … More
Arrivals and Departures
At any momentTurn a cornerOpen your eyesSwitch on a lightHe’s hereYou recognize himComing to you without greetingA pause at the … More
When What’s Not Isn’t Missing
Something you should knowIs sometimes not’s not missing Not isAs in the space between two words on a pageOr the … More
What We Say
I’ve seen many timesLike a dart that hits a stray markHow friends among each otherOpen and honestAbout nearly everythingWill say … More
My Tiny History Here
I wonderIf the moon impartsA four billion year oldHistory lessonDo I miss any instructionAsleep most times belowUnable to knowWhat wisdom … More
Dropped Call
Drive into the tunnel nowAll flesh drawn tighter than airAll around my chestBody stiff concrete lungsA deepest breath heldThe harder … More
“It’s the Yu Clan,” Episode 12 of my latest Lt. David Chan Hawai’i-based mystery, is now available on the Kindle Vella platform
Islands
That popularized line of John Donne’sAbout no one being a self-sufficient islandThat we are all partOf a larger interdependent groupBoth … More
Careful
As spring comes in with that lion’s roarUnder this sky it’s a jagged light showTree limbs shattering in screams at … More
Direction
What happened to my compassI had it when I was a cub scoutLearning about directionsStuck in a drawer somewhereI hunt … More
Unawakening
You’ll hold down the bench next dayBeen there beforeLots of practicePerfecting the uneven eveningThe uncalm lurching darkRevisit old desiresCurrent onesProblemsSituationsRelationshipsBuffaloed … More
Something New
From the moment he woke up this morning, he knew he needed something different. As he brushed his teeth, looking … More
Avoid Plagiarism
I borrow from heroes, as many writers doAnd avoid plagiarism by making words newTo walk that fine line I’ve disguised … More
I am not sentimental
Never have beenNor ever plan to beWon’t waste words on timeOr anything gone byThe delicate sensibilityFeelings first and wistfulNostalgiaA waste … More
A Word to the . . .
Every second on the clock I learnA second’s more something.Even asleep dreams tickTheir teachings to me,Reassembling information accruedThrough years, mixing … More
Some daily affirmation
I swearIs what I needIn truth I doTo be that kind of personOnce I decide to doI will ahead and … More
Fish
Fish Squatting at the pond’s edge, he held a small fishnet in his hand. He could smell the familiar slight … More
