Chapter 3: Not Right Now

When she came through the entrance to Zippy’s, the expression on her face told me that something had changed. Why … More

Daily Affirmations

Daily Affirmations Mantra (May be chanted aloud or recited silently) Take a deep breath and exhale slowly Begin All weeds … More

Down the darkened hall I see

a distant little door before whichyour message sits, like you, I wonder,waiting.  The journey from herewill take an hour, from there … More

The Accident of Age

We haunt yesterday’s bonfiresCozy after days of swimmingAnd miles of nature walksLearned every plant and treeWe’d seen for a million … More

A Favor

The intercom buzzed, taking his mind off the view of Honolulu Harbor. “Governor, it’s Sir George Masterson on the phone … More

An Old Friend

Because it was my body, I went in to watch it being cut up. We’d found him on the side … More

The End of It All

Jacob Sugai sat glassy-eyed, his cold hands folded and resting on the deep green desk blotter. He’d been first into … More

Killing with Kind Words

Miss Lucy Pineda died two weeks ago. She was always Miss Lucy. Yesterday, there was a big neighborhood barbecue at … More

The Time of Hearts

It all changes slowly, the way we’re perceivedAs we do become more than we first meant I hear now before I … More

Coming

The kind of laughterWe laughedWhen we were 21Drunk at 2:00 a.m.The loud kindOf who cares at that ageConfident and easyBouncing … More

The Toll of Travel

Near the trip end, a so long vacation of viewingtossed pasts like old glass broken to the bottomin blunted glitter … More

For a Little While

Each would fill eachTo brimming can as mayBut the momentComes, soon lost fingersThat slide betweenIndex and thumbA brief wax scentBreathless … More

Love’s Progress

You spot her on the busAnd from this chance sightingYou imagine the torment begins Initially, the symptoms are mildDo not … More

Nobody’s Business

These words came to me in an odd way. I have been to Baltimore, to attend a conference on disability … More

You Make Me Ill

Cindy and Jerry came to dinner last night, and it was awful. First off, Nani, my wife invited them behind … More

Unlikeness

Pick up the white sheetA song composed upon itHold it up to eye levelThe paper’s edge facing youA threat to … More

Vienna Waits

The bones of ancestorsPeace and good willWatch against darknessWarn against strifeWish enlightenmentWhen inquiry yields its wayAll mysteries recedeA greater distance … More

The Dark Is Stronger Than the Light Sometimes

Writing is stumbling through a dimly lit roomStubbing your toe on furnitureBanging into boxes to rummage throughGroping through drawersYour hands … More

Found Gold

I turn on my pillowTo her gentle pushSee in her eyesTheir shineA kind yellow glintOn a field of brownHow smart … More

Last Night

Scan the sky to grasp more stars tonightFit them in your pocket for a coming shower of lightAlways wish for … More