For the Future

Right now, we’re on a South Korean island, Jeju,sitting in what China calls the East China Sea,and what the Koreans, … More

A New Way

The beginning’s in the end, you know.Good advice, like how a closing door signalssome new one opening, or a window, … More

Kahi felt like an idiot. He’d seen this so many times on TV, read about it in stories. If you … More

He woke up crying, rocking in his bed,unable to stand, let alone walk,and he wondered would he ever be ableto … More

Have you ever been curious about the notionthat when you are about to die, your lifewill flash before your eyes? … More

Someone’s stumbling on the prayerEveryone tripping on the wayThey’d sew me a new coatWhere the treadle machine’s storedHoping we don’t … More

Grampa sits on the porch rockingHums songs from back in the day when he sang themFull-throated, lung-topped and smiling breathlesslyFeeling … More

I remember the dawn’s first early light,silhouettes of darkened heads bob love,no secret anymore, amore in paradise,no strangers to me … More

I quit watching the clock some time ago. Factssuch as my age, or what day or month or yearit is often escape … More

Exactly a year from now, I wonder ifI’ll be sitting at my computer writing something?I believe I foresee a good … More

I’m No Astronomer I don’t know if this is scientifically accurate,but the whole thing bugs me along these lines.Today I … More

for Billy Collins I can’t resist the temptationto write about you, old man,eating alone at the corner table in a … More

I saw his claws. They resembled handswrapped around a sword’s handle too tightly,bloodless white in the fearful death-gripof his cautions … More

Bob’s alarm jerked him out of a bad dream. When he opened his eyes, he was saved from a grand … More

You look at me as if what you seeshould make you mean something moreto you than what you are. I … More

Eventually now, I see the whole wide world we knew,if we live long enough – I’m finding it’s so for … More

“Gramma, come on. Next stop Zippy’s.” Sometimes I can’t believe I’m still alive to hear this. Every year, the same … More

Will we find that it’s fine, eventually, all by itself,that it’ll blow over with the passage of time, I wondered.Life’s … More

It’s funny, I thought – on the non-stop to New York,staring out at the little pockets of light spread againstthe … More

Spring was an adventure; we were learning the ropes.Summertime, a little easier going, working out the kinks.Fall ushered in those … More