Days Short

I’ve watched them from where I sitThe ghosts of summer runningThe children fresh onceGrown and gone rainbowssplashed to gray laughterSplit … More

Those Unheard

Two students in the back were whispering to each other. What are they saying to each other? he wondered.  He … More

To Reconnect

As the song goes, “They say that Maui nō ka ‘oi, and I agree.” Once upon a time, when he … More

A Relationship

They seemed to clash a lot nowadays. Should I go or should I stay, he wondered, like a chorus playing … More

From Flames

Can smell the fireand the watersometimes imagineif water has a smellthat remnant steamy scentof memories Never cared for the way … More

It’s Inevitable

What’s that oneOn the tip of your tongueOr more your ear It goesDa da da di da di da da … More

Arrivals and Departures

At any momentTurn a cornerOpen your eyesSwitch on a lightHe’s hereYou recognize himComing to you without greetingA pause at the … More

Direction

What happened to my compassI had it when I was a cub scoutLearning about directionsStuck in a drawer somewhereI hunt … More

Something New

From the moment he woke up this morning, he knew he needed something different. As he brushed his teeth, looking … More

I am not sentimental

Never have beenNor ever plan to beWon’t waste words on timeOr anything gone byThe delicate sensibilityFeelings first and wistfulNostalgiaA waste … More

A Word to the . . .

Every second on the clock I learnA second’s more something.Even asleep dreams tickTheir teachings to me,Reassembling information accruedThrough years, mixing … More

Fish

Fish             Squatting at the pond’s edge, he held a small fishnet in his hand. He could smell the familiar slight … More

No one is here

To watch me leaveStepping out of the room unseenWith no goodbyesThey might say if they were hereHe’s not goneThey might … More

Live

This new year begins with dreamsShopping and love and judging a speech tournamentWith friends who live on the East CoastOne … More

Wintering Over

I would watch the lake ice break upMonstrous blocksCompeting for space as they expandedWorking against each otherConstantly shifting positionsAt night … More

Winter

Go ahead near the end and try To warm yourself in solitary winter Go burn the letters, the diaries, the … More

Enclosure

There is no living with us nowWhen we’re all boxedInside like thisThe walls closing outsideAnd each of us butting headsAgainst … More

Thought Time Stopped

For sure with no more counting up or downWith no key sought to wind a forward sweepOr so it seemed … More

Ghosts

That old child watches youSees you at each instant of your lifeObserves what you becomeWhat time does to youLaughs some … More

That’s the One

I enter the vaultWhere lights never workOnly the dimmest glowSeeping through the open doorHelps me hunt In here lies every … More