yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah.  You know that’s the way I like it.  Mmmmm, slow and smooth, baby, baby, baby, … More

One day our bodies willburst into flowersturn hard as wellto bits of sandy shoreswhere children make us castlesto wash awaywe’ll … More

The poems land awkwardly nowAll the more as I age and write againEverything I’ve written of beforeI write this same … More

Well, this is it. I’m the last one here. They’re all gone. Even my wife. Humankind and the pandemic took … More

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

She wanted a big-screen TV mounted on the wall opposite her bed.  In between munching bonbons and polishing her nails, she’d … More

We’d all grown up together from small-kid time, most from age three or four.  So far we’d survived all kinds of … More

The screen message was “No Bluetooth Device Detected.” Jim patted the pants pocket where he kept his phone. Nothing. He … More

The electricity bill popped into his inbox just as he was paying the annual termite protection bill, which was $469.26. … More

He was tallish, maybe 6’1’, and a good athlete.  He played both basketball and volleyball in high school.  He was what we … More

You in your dark, dark Seoul, another Magic Island in my future,that’s where it will be, my last dip in … More

Easier than brain science or rocket surgery, after all,for a weak-minded me to foolishly believe anything,false-crack me constantly out of … More

All I need’s a napkin to dry my face, por favor.I’m speaking the wrong language in old Seoul, ne?But maybe one of … More

Time multiplies the images of all those red queens with one black king.I hear the sharpening of knives, that steel … More

In the dark, what won’t I believe that isn’t true?That somewhere there’s some mumbling equivocator,a bawdy bard, keeper of the … More

And the lights go off; it’s Korea after all.No power guarantee, even in Seoul – like Hawai‘i folks should talk.All … More

Buzz, buzz, buzz, bouncing off the walls and down the hallto the flaming kitchen where you’ll easily be ignored.The table … More

“This has become quite the screed,” he thought, looking over his day’s work,hard as the words that won’t hold back … More