She remembered that day, that one so long agoit seemed it was a dream, and that fond embraceso hard it … More
Category: Love
Gift
Now he saw their relationship in the way stakeholder analysis works,wished he’d thought more about this deal when they first … More
Sweet
I am ice cream fool in love with you,the whole red and white striped jacket deal,white slacks creased, and my … More
Resolution
They were both art majors, both painters, a heavenly Art Department matchwho bought a home on ‘Ālewa Heights, and sectioned … More
Value
The work wasn’t easy, more like hard play. She wasa busy barista, true, and all of the manic franticnessof rush … More
Let Us Play
My heart movingBy and with youSomeone to play withA joy to say withLet’s playAgain and againLove’s replayLet us play Up … More
Experiment
I will create one body for usWe squeezed so close togetherYou’ll suddenly findWe’re inside one another No matter the nay-sayersI … More
The Boy Who Stayed
My strongest wish – I’ve never thought so hard about it –this first day of the New Year, 2023, the … More
A Colder Spring
With the coming winter we spoke far less.You wanted something more than us.I watched the new chill frost the air, … More
To Grow
It was the conversation Mr. and Mrs. Kakesako had dreaded having. Well, the one they’d dreaded having would have been … More
Dance
“You want to go to Chicago for what?” I ask. “Tights,” says the dancer in my life. I can’t tell … More
Do Them Part
Someone wake him before he dreams of her again.On the shore, two with pants legs, their cuffs rolled upto save … More
Old Acquaintance
You surprise me, knocking on my door after 15 years,but I recognize that face behind the mask instantly.The last time … More
Origin
If you want to pinpoint your origins, how far back do you go? How far back do you want to … More
Hold On
We sit on swings, the canvass kind that conform to your butt,holding you snug, gripping you maybe a little too … More
She Will
She asks me if I’ve taken out the trash yet,and because I haven’t, I don’t answer her. I continue watching … More
Beauty’s Truth
Close as night and day, you say,we’re friends, just friends, for now,so let’s see what happens, you say.Bark to a … More
Never at All
In my dream, just before the music plays – I’ve seen this so often over 60 years – learned all … More
From Then To
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
Being Bold
My neighbor kid’s been helping me tie up some dead branches. Finished, I’m drinking a beer, he a passion-orange juice … More