Jim, how I miss those horseshoe days

Remember the day you and I dug the pits at Castle Memorial?How you pinpointed the distance with a tape measureMaking … More

Aftermath

At the rate they were rifling through the houseIt wouldn’t take them long for them to clean outEverything of any … More

Madness

When B.H. told me he was madI wasn’t sure what he meantSo I asked if he referred toAngry or crazyHe … More

3,650 rough drafts, 10 years later

On this date in 2014, I challenged myself to post a rough draft a day. It’s been a good 10 … More

The Years

Time creeps, time runsSometimes bothSometimes only oneIt moves along at any rate When you near the finish lineWill you show … More

I guess I must have known some of them

Photos of kids in the bathtub with othersCan make you reflect on your childhood and shudderHow could parents think this … More

Late Friends

At this rate, you may meet them in your next lifeHunched here, ass throbbing, sliding on the benchTo catch the … More

Hauntings

I see the scene of resting that night poorlyThe fitful 2:00 a.m. dead of a Madison nightOutside a Lutheran church … More

Until Then

When I do something now that I did 40 years agoWith the same ease as back then, I’m sometimes amazed … More

Fall Apart

You may think your love’s perfectly pieced togetherThe final puzzle as pretty as the picture on the boxEvery curve and … More

From Soup

It hardly came as a shock.  Responding to the doorbell, Lucy opened to front door and found another box from Amazon.  She … More

Shadow Cast

Doris sat smiling at the shadow. She knew why it was cast that way. It had come to her while … More

Hum

I pass my hands over you in rhythmFigure 8s I gently rock to summon energyInfuse you with the lifeWhile outside … More

ThisClose

Once upon a time, my neighborhood was made upOf huge yards upon which rested grand homes Now, after all of … More

She Was There

I came home in time to catch the tail end of the showThe part where he found her finallyBecause even … More

My Stars

I know every star you will see tonightAll of them being born in times after meSoaring only by my design … More

He ha’awina ka’u i ka pō nei (I had a dream last night)

Where the world of aloha I’d knownFor most of my life fell awayPulled out from under me, the nasty trick … More

The Dimming of the Day

On the night I died I dreamt those twilight dreamsThe way you fever dream when you’re half awakeI saw my … More

Sunday Service

On the morning of the righteous and the savedThose born once more entitled by being born beforeOnly this time knowing … More

A Learner’s Turn

I took driver’s ed. the summer before 10th grade.  I ended up in the class at Lualuna Academy.  Pretty ritzy, and more … More