The Lending Kind (HS 149)

I’m swirling in the drouse of that head on the pillow before sleep,a thousand ideas swizzling around my brain that … More

Above the Water Below Us (HS 148)

The water is full of ghosts and him. In the water. There.A child’s eyes staring back at you. Right there. Pointing,I follow my … More

We are near the top of the world, Finnmark, Norway, and I’m in a van on the way to do … More

Revised 12.12.23 The people working inside here look hardly savageEven though a paler woman sitting sunning outside said they wereSaid so … More

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to wipe the slate clean,tabula rasa, my mind a blank, history erased, wake up tomorrow knowing nothingbut … More

She says, Surely you’re kidding me about Waikīkī.I say, Oh, yes, — no offense — of course . . . … More

In the early morning, when she’s done, she’ll sleep, dreamless,her hard work over, pleasing many, her best shots,giving everything at … More

Each time we meet, we roam the hills of imagination,plucking up little plots, new twists and turnsleading only to a … More

It’s amazing to imagine that at one time Hawaiʻi had to be sold,a barely known collection of merely faraway map … More

He could see the sun just breaking the horizon, a tiny sliver of light, but it was still dark. He’d been … More

I’m standing at the edge of the Sahara Desert,looking out upon sand and sand and sand as far as I … More

These things. I thought I’d wear them only when I died.I’ve never been accused of being a social butterfly,have long … More

“The children,” she said, trying to lift her hand, but only able to look their way, nod her head toward … More

I have this faint hope, to ask, as I self-isolatehere on the mountainside below Puʻu ʻŌhiʻa– the place that foreigners … More

With you, every day is lemon meringue day,that balance of sweet and sour on my tongue,huge fruit grown on your … More

With all the African Tulip trees in bloom, the hillside looked like a huge, undulating birthday cake. “Beautiful,” she said. “Just … More

Love, must I not have a word with you, just for laughs,see the rain, how clearly the sky bleeds for … More

Not to look at it ever again,not to see that way anymore,I hide myself from me, from usand from that … More

Every one of us saw him as an ignorant ass,and the beer was cold, and the oaths flowed,and maybe we … More

I said, You’re so appealing,you set my mind reeling,lady I got a powerful feelingI’m about to fall hard. I could … More