In the End

I make sure to toss spilled salt over my shoulderBut I never can remember if it’s supposed to be the … More

A hui hou (Until we meet again)

The last time I heard Hawaiian music in WaikīkīIt was a quiet night at Blue Note before the pandemic struck … More

I sit watching a school of tiny blue fishZip lively in and out along the wharfImagine jumping in to join … More

There are angels among us alwaysEvery moment may be a revelationLife is a series of miracles all our daysThere are … More

My night had passed me moving as slow painDressed all in my rose Sunday best I left up the empty … More

That former love’s words recalled moreIn bits and pieces like lyricsOf a song recalled less and lessHer face shimmers further … More

That’s the way love goes sometimesA real rollercoasterHighs to lows to loop the loopsThen all flattening out at the end … More

I feel like a man whose memory functions glacier slow nowMy mind takes eons to piece together some semblance of … More

Happy Birthday to youHappy Birthday to youHappy Birthday Dear Ear-rthHappy Birthday to you If the Earth could speakI’d ask it … More

She brushes his hand with a blood red nail as they both reach for their coffee cupsSits back on the … More

As I put on this aloha shirtI notice the collar’s not been ironed rightSomething my old eyes didn’t catch In … More

Every night that it consumes youVariations hardly alter the hunt at allEven varied details wind you to the same endRandom … More

Kicking and screaming I grieveAs I attack minimum payments posted to me in BordeauWine colored run on sheets of slice … More

Not just another pretty faceOr boasting of looks other women should mimicTaught at a young age to value nothing by … More

I want to call herWith words I’d say hoping maybeAre warm enough to reachNow back to then and break the … More

The WNBA holds its 2024 draft today. Caitlin Clark is expected to be the number one pick. The lucky team … More

As a child he dreamedOf being a knight in shining armorSlaying dragons and winningThe fairest maiden in the landBenighted by … More

I’m happy to say that my latest collection of poems, Every Wave Will Whisper, is now available on Amazon in … More

I take great comfort in knowing thisThat the dead still live in my memories of themSo they are with me … More

My addiction began with my bracesThe pain they brought bothering me as nothingCompared to the agonizing torture inflictedBy bits of … More