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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Magical, the way our lives danced like a fairytale spinningCharmed amalgam of fantasy, dream, and highest heartsMy good fortune our … More

In the dream that woke me up todayI’m walking somewhere in the vicinity of disasterMy old friend from the black … More

There used to be only a just bearable fewNow there are an unbearable few hundredWitnessed in the dreaded half dark … More

I glance behind sensing that I’ll seeIt’s only myself standing behind me I wonder why I should trust youNot knowing … More

The male is quiet, very quiet, a stealth travelerHe meanders with his wife and babies, searchingFor food, it must be, … More

I will remember little to finally nothing of this poem in timeWriting is the act of pushing words like these … More

I caught their act, three with the back and forth banterEach taking whip-smart improv turnsSometimes a jokester-provoker, then the straight … More

I read that if you learn something each dayYour brain will stay flexible, or so some sayHold off memory loss … More

It should be calm here and soothing as the waves break tonightBut there’s a tension, not romantic, in their rigid … More

I write to keep you safe, captured in these wordsI keep you leaving traces and love’s truthsYou live on in … More