‘Tis (After) the Season

As I round the corner, I hear accordion music. There, on a bench outside of Macy’s Ala Moana, sit an … More

This and That and That

He’d read about why they put the chicken all that long way in the back of the store. It was what … More

Say 60 years ago this morning, my sister and I would have been awake much earlier than sunrise, earlier than … More

He’d never been big on lines, but this one he didn’t mind. It snaked back and forth between the stanchions … More

We come back day after daySearching for someone to holdWhen others walk away in loveWill we be here passing our … More

Reflecting on you and the lake ice, I watched how it broke upin wintertime, huge blocks working against each otheras … More

We’re in a woeful state, down to the last generation: Z.I fear it might be they’re an omega of generations … More

Two months ago, a pair of Hawaiian Electric workerscame to my house to install a state-of-the-art meterwith all the bells … More

This used to be a poem, but now it’s not. I tried to make it pretty, but it didn’t turn … More

I’m happy to say that the 2nd episode of my new Lieutenant David Chan Hawaiʻi-based crime story is now available … More

Each new door is an opening on another dawn. Yawn. I sing, “It seems to me I’ve heard that song … More

So I blew the first one, made a bad decision.Not a rookie mistake; newbies don’t choke so hard.We were getting … More

My sister and I are headed for the Royal Observatory, and we’ve decided to take a ride on the Thames … More

I see it everywhere nowadays, some people becoming whom they were born to be, but so many others leaving the … More

I’m not sure where all he learned how to do it, but my father was a master cook. In fact … More

I don’t see them displayed in tiny cages at restaurants and stores anymore, the way I remember them, confined and … More

My mom used to call it “beautiful rubbish,” the red-orange flowers from our African Tulip trees, littering the lawn in … More

No need to save anything on a board anymore, black or white, ephemeral chalk or marker. I’ve seen it in … More

I stared at the block of numbers on the board. I recognized all of them; I could count. I did … More

I sit beside her watching whileshe pushes puréed peas and meatloaf around the green plastic tray,stirring in pudding and some … More