In eyes I see here, my ancestors’ gaze cast by manyThere’s a hardness of a kind I can’t quite identifyAnd … More
Category: History
A hui hou (Until we meet again)
The last time I heard Hawaiian music in WaikīkīIt was a quiet night at Blue Note before the pandemic struck … More
A Searching of the Heart
I feel like a man whose memory functions glacier slow nowMy mind takes eons to piece together some semblance of … More
Honolulu Passing
My city takes place before meEvery day of my lifeA show me and tell meI have a hard time rememberingCan’t … More
A Portrait of the Norwegian Historian as an Old Man
His ancestors were not just marauding, blood-thirsty, war-mongering, pillaging, rapists, and slave traders. Vikings were extraordinary explorers, experts at navigation, … More
This Is Sacred
That flash of light from the lighthouseon the point at Hana Bay servesas a warningand a beckoning beacon The mana … More
Nobody’s Business
These words came to me in an odd way. I have been to Baltimore, to attend a conference on disability … More
Vienna Waits
The bones of ancestorsPeace and good willWatch against darknessWarn against strifeWish enlightenmentWhen inquiry yields its wayAll mysteries recedeA greater distance … More
Hand in Glove
Korea’s a glove, the fingerless kind.A palm rests snug in it, the half warm, half clean, partprotected from the elements, … More
Of Two Minds
As I approach I’m first struck by the enormous rose quartz rock, a natural monument crag,that marks Ralph Waldo Emerson’s … More
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