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Aloha and e komo mai. I'm an author of prose and poetry born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. I publish a daily rough draft here on my author site. Please read with me, comment, and please share your own writing. Mahalo for reading, and a hui ho.

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Category: Death

My brother Sangtiennoi not being there

A manwho has sweated many timesin his fighting careersays blood is only red sweat But nothing hurts morethan a mentorin … More

#WriterSaturday, #Death, #Love, #friendship

On the Beach

A steeple dynasty palm grows its spiked shadow umbrellaover sand’s losing battle, washed out by thin skimming water. They scatter, … More

#Death, #life, #WriterSaturday

A Temporary Parting

I recognize the boy climbing up the bank on the other side.Turning, he calls to me, over the rush of … More

#WriterSunday, Aging, Death

what impressions were

a sound slight as breathstill the cold touch of lamplight on white snowthose thick linesa brow furrowedeyes of white hairthink your … More

#Death, #Love, #OnWriting, #WriterSaturday

My Last Wife

It was gold and bigger than a bread box,my birthday gift topped with a red velvet bow,and I was amused … More

#Death, #Magic, #Marriage, #WriterFriday

your letters

these lettersyour hand writesyour handwriting is all curious curlicuesas if a right-handed calligrapherwrites them with his left footas if a … More

#Death, #Love, #WriterFriday

How The One Defeats The Other

It’s the best kind because it’s TV advice.The Other seeks something of valueand kills, using his martial arts expertise,everyone standing … More

#WriterMonday, #Death, #TV, #Advice, #Fighting

B-Movie

Girl meets Boy.Boy is blind.Girl joins another Girl in bank robbery for money to finance corneal transplants.Girl is caught and … More

#Love, #WriterSunday, Challenges, Death

Glasses, November 24, 2021

We didn’t pass, I thought, when I was what, getting new glasses,so I didn’t see you, pretty sure, out the … More

#Death, #Loss, #Love, #WriterFriday

No Toying Around with This Unhappy Meal

Right outside my window I watch them ripple,the woven snares, feather tapestries billowing lighton intermittent breezes turning art into performance. … More

#Art, #Death, #Insects, #WriterWednesday

All Our Summers Find One Winter’s End

The only photo I had was of you at that one picnic,blue, long-sleeved shirt, a turtle neck, and white slacks.Our … More

#Love, #WriterMonday, Aging, Death

Wellspring

In every family there is one central soul,the energetic heart that pumps life blood to all,the bond of it all … More

#Death, #Family, #life, #WriterSaturday

A Last Wave

Feel sorry for her? That’s a good way to ruin a teenager’s weekend.This is not the way, say, for an … More

#Death, #Love, #Memory, #WriterThursday

Holy Night

It was madness to treat you like some character locked in a box, for all I knew, you suffering too … More

#Anger, #Death, #Love, #Sorrow, #WriterWednesday

Our Fathers’ House

A vision, they pop up ahead of us on the horizon,these sheets of red flowers blowing, rippling waves,like huge blood … More

#Death, #Generations, #WriterWednesday

Passing

It read, “The dead know nothing the living won’t find out sooner or later.”And you sure don’t envy them, she … More

#Death, #Doctors, #Work, #WriterTuesday

A Booking

An old man, a strange one, people said, ran the tiny bookstore that had withstood the covid test. You may … More

#Criminals, #Death, #WriterMonday

Passion

Lia would drink a bottle or two of wine whenever that passion dwindled down for a time these days. It’s … More

#Family, #Mourning, #WriterSunday, Death, Living

The Long Grass

I touch him carefully and wait. Nothing happens. I lay my hand on him, stroke him. This perks him up … More

#Death, #life, #LovedOnes, #WriterFriday, #Yardwork

Heavy Sleeper

“I’ve had to talk to you about this too many times, David,” she said. “I’m sorry, but you’re fired.” Mrs. … More

#Death, #FathersandDaughters, #HusbandsandWives, #Love, #WriterThursday

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