Autumn in Korea

Fade in place awayRain turn to mist in warm touchPhoto glowing giftsNo buried king’s goldMore treasured than you burningA face … More

Red burn of white paper, orange glow of rising smoke

He’ll always go home in that fitting brown aloha shirtFaded Reyn’s from years of favorite wear and washThe cycle repeated … More

Whenever I saw the ad, I’d wonder what would stay thereAdultery, drugs, murder – what threshold needed to be metHow … More

I have a friend who told me she is ‘traveled out’I’ve not reached that point, although there’s only one place, … More

In a cave here, on a mountaintop thereKorea lives in me by bits and piecesBite-sized chunks I can drink inMelts … More

Losing pages dog-eared as my life like chapter timesRead my path like a book left fading on a pale benchWhen … More

The sounds of over there is ‘them’ and here is ‘us’Ghosts hear as if they were the honoring of some … More

In eyes I see here, my ancestors’ gaze cast by manyThere’s a hardness of a kind I can’t quite identifyAnd … More

And he says, “In this line, what does ‘it’ refer to?” I stare at the line then close my eyes … More

When I’m here, I love the taste and smell of garlic more than usualWill chew it even in the morning, … More

Before breakfast, I cross the street outside my hotelTo visit the Jogyesa Buddhist Temple People of all ages and economic … More

It’s good to be back in KoreaA third time as charming as the firstLet the magic beginIn the fatherland I’m … More

Here’s to the broom, the mop, and the spongesThe cloths, the sprays, and the toilet bowl brushesTools of the exercise … More

So true, how you always seem to chooseThe slowest register line in the grocery store(It even applies now to self-checkout … More

Reached that crossroads where you have to stop and wonderWhat mightn’t be a turning point or which may indeedDebating about … More

Ultimate Dave — he gave himself that name — is bragging again. “I’m the king of ultimate frisbee,” he proclaims, … More

The first time I came home for a Christmas breakHaving endured a frigid Midwest fall semesterThe coldest on record, my … More

We all face each otherThe sun going downNot as wide a circle as it used to beNowadays a bit windedThe … More

I have to be on a south side beach to experience the glory of a Hawai‘i sunsetAn unobstructed view between … More

The hardest path is sometimes the shortestTruth to be told or a falsehood to concealHeavy heart and conscience plaguedIn either … More