Saved and Spent, Saved and Spent

As the wave laps outOver the pane of sandThe moon reflects momentarilyPerfect and round mirrored There is a soundAfter the … More

If You Believe

I stepped off the bus from Ullapool at the Inverness Station.  Checking my watch, I saw I had four hours … More

Twilight

I slow to a stop and idleStare at all the confusion hereThese dark tangled woodsA briared and brambled forestDead branches … More

Home

She liked riding the bus. The anonymity. Being by herself. Not being recognized was a good thing. Not having to … More

Days Short

I’ve watched them from where I sitThe ghosts of summer runningThe children fresh onceGrown and gone rainbowssplashed to gray laughterSplit … More

Living Dead

In a moment of dark magicThe entrancer turned enchanterSpun into a dove and flew awaySome belladonna dancing in the windHer … More

Rising Star

Christopher Kalama was gifted. A Mozart, some people said. At three, he picked up his father’s ‘ukulele. It looked like … More

Love Lost

The last act of taut bodiesLearning only love’s strain Some miscomprehensionIn the dark aftermath They count starsTwinkling indifference From a … More

On Wisconsin

Once upon a time, there was a little girl from the west side of Chicago, City of the Big Shoulders. … More

With a Click

U won’t believe this. What u mean? I’m in Starbucks Ala Moana across food court by Macy’s. Brawl going on … More

It Had To Be True

It’s the small talk in the night. Lying side by side. Whispering back and forth about what’s passed or what’s … More

Bed Bugs Bite

“Okay, honey, you’re all tucked in now, snug as a bug in a rug.” The little girl laughed. “I’m, not … More

Those Unheard

Two students in the back were whispering to each other. What are they saying to each other? he wondered.  He … More

To Reconnect

As the song goes, “They say that Maui nō ka ‘oi, and I agree.” Once upon a time, when he … More

What’s in a Name?

         His parents had met at an estate auction, and it had been love at first sight. Both were passionate antique … More

Who’s There?

The alarm went off. “Bella, what time is it?” “The time is 5:00 a.m., Delmar. You set your your alarm … More

A Relationship

They seemed to clash a lot nowadays. Should I go or should I stay, he wondered, like a chorus playing … More

Not the One

“I wish you would try to see it from my side, baby.” See it from his side. I have absolutely … More

A Portrait of the Norwegian Historian as an Old Man

His ancestors were not just marauding, blood-thirsty, war-mongering, pillaging, rapists, and slave traders. Vikings were extraordinary explorers, experts at navigation, … More

Looking for Love

In love for all his life with every poet’s idea of love, he always wandered around in some kind of … More