Premonition

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

Introspection Dialogue

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

My World

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

Alone Time

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

Politics over Friendship

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

Flight

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

It Was Some Kind of Production

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

How Is It with You?

Sometimes it’s a straight line,the closest distance between two points.But it’s not necessarily a flat line.For some, yes, that’s true, … More

The Pattern and Order of Life and Water (for LY)

Wherever there’s waterthree atoms have formed a molecule of H2O,and on that molecular level this bondis the orderly arrangement of … More

The Rice Eaters (for GB)

They sit bent over a creaking teak table top,this old pair aged out in days, near the limit,eating simple fare … More

Memento Mori

He realized relatively young in life that he would die. That knowledge comes to each of us at a different … More

Holding On

Our group, struck by the sight of a medusa tree riding astride its monstrous barrow mounded base, myriad tentacle fingers … More

Only Ifs

One moment I’m lying on the ground staring at the sky,writhing in pain because I’ve broken my ankle, desperate,air harder … More

Getting To Know You

We held a first party yesterday, those of us who could finally attend.After all this time being apart so much, … More

As Borrowed as Time

It’s as grim as it gets right now tonight when all you want to do is buy beer kick back … More

Sojourn

More seen, more said, more heard, more thought, their bags packed ever heavier by travel as they go,  the making … More

The Secret Keeper

Fortunate the mother who lives the unflawed life of lore, perfect, a smooth vase, snow white, the finest ashes left, … More

Life’s Run

Milton stumbles shakily around Mānoa Valley amid traffic. Petrarch perambulates Punchbowl Cemetery perusing stark headstones of veterans. Shakespeare window-shops for … More

The Way We Walk

Once, walking through the forest where the Bayan Tree Plaza stands today,I stepped on a branch with a thorn so … More

To the Rescue

You didn’t finish the yard work, only half the bedroom’s painted.Dishes lie in the sink, and you hear the bathroom … More