How I Grew

I remember the photo shootOnly because it’s burned in my brainFrom daily seeing myself posed in the frameDressed in little … More

Mo’ Bettah

In Hawai‘i we might say“This one mo’ bettah than that one” for, say, a flavor of shave ice,and perhaps, “This … More

Love’s Mark

Your grave does look newNot just the polished markerI see the way the green grass spreads out behind itTo a … More

No Hard Feelings?

When I was boundWas I bound tightFrank Gorshin pleaseRiddle me this How can you ever feelYou’ve been turned freeWhen you … More

Love Luck

The day is young and I am notSo slowly walk this beaten pathMy daily pondering strollScanning the surroundingsSearching for a … More

The least I can do

In the last years I wonderWhy I have to do thisVisit in the nursing homeNow that your mind is goneAnd … More

Tell Don’t Show

A writer should show and not tellI’ve heard that advice foreverSo if you and I were a storyThe better final … More

Re: LAX

One night flying home from ArgentinaI suffered an unavoidable layover in LAXArriving at 8:00 p.m. exhaustedMy connecting flight to HonoluluWould … More

Gordon Lightfoot Rose

Those weren’t soft footstepsTip-toeing up the stairsWhen Gordon Lightfoot took offJumped the last jet planeTo rise whole and healedFar above … More

Like a New Year’s Resolution

You replace a faucet set on one of your sinks, the old one having ceased to function. How many times … More