Chosen

But that was long agoHer intentIf I recall correctlyWas to steal my heartSet me apartFrom all the othersPounding at her … More

Echoes

Climbing Yellow MountainWe take our turnsShout outThis place famous for echoesHow long will our “Hello”sLast?I manageA solid bellowVoice of an … More

Reminding the Gaps

At a reading a couple weeks back, I read a piece about some of the encounters I’d had with racist … More

The Spirit of Aloha

“So what’s so important that you have to yell?” the platform director asked, looking up at the flustered man. The … More

This Is Sacred

That flash of light from the lighthouseon the point at Hana Bay servesas a warningand a beckoning beacon The mana … More

Hawai’i Calls, my fifth Lt. David Chan Hawai’i-based mystery, is now available on Amazon

Both hardcopy and digital formats are available:

Addict

It began in early December,Just a brief 30 days or so ago,And already I know,As a 45-year smokerWho tried to … More

Live

This new year begins with dreamsShopping and love and judging a speech tournamentWith friends who live on the East CoastOne … More

Slipping

Watching the Packers this afternoon, I flash on my first date in the New Year of 1978, Madison, Wisconsin. Back … More

Unquieting Quiet

Quiet melodyA gentle mind daydreamingImagines pleasant lives picturedCut into silent stone definedChiseled shapes of unheard soundMolded solid that the waking … More

“Sneak Attack,” Episode 9 of my latest Lt David Chan Hawai’i-based mystery series, in now available on the Kindle Vella platform.

Now You Don’t

You were some sort of sleight-of-hand magician,and I still haven’t figured outall of the tricks you pulled, a tributeto the … More

Old Movie

I remember the theater, the old movies festival, the music, and you, the smell of popcorn filling the lobby, that … More

Love Match

Tonight a match togetherLet the game beginOur pasts have trainedUs for this momentOf truth we’re not afraidThe length of playDepends … More

A Child’s Christmas in Hawai’i

Say, 65 years ago this morningI would have been awakemuch earlier than sunrise,earlier than that time when wormsbegin to quiver … More

Slowly

Why does it always have to be his way? I finally have had it. I say, “Basically, Alex, you’re a … More

What Future?

We’re in the middle of our meeting, drinking coffee at Starbucks. “Hold up your right hand,” she says. I do. … More

Wintering Over

I would watch the lake ice break upMonstrous blocksCompeting for space as they expandedWorking against each otherConstantly shifting positionsAt night … More

Winter Too

Our love bloomed quickly A seed soaked in water and sun Our hearts tending Mighty nurture with the help of … More

Winter

Go ahead near the end and try To warm yourself in solitary winter Go burn the letters, the diaries, the … More