Spinning

It’s hard,the forever of never.I’d love to stay completely absorbed in the present,but I think of you now and then, … More

Dance with Me

I don’t know who was more against it. We always held each other in vice grips. I waited for the … More

A Body at Rest

She sleeps deeply, beautiful as smooth carved marble, her moonlit face shows no wrinkles, no scars that you might see … More

Love Struck

My eyes burning and blurry fixed on the Honolulu International Center arena where she’s with her family at a kung … More

Old Enough to Deal

I liked to gamble back then,had to have the perfect dealer,searched hard for someone special. With her I had a … More

Kū‘auhau (Genealogy)

Once upon a time there was a little girl from Chicago, City of the Big Shoulders, And there was a … More

Breakfast After a Bad One

Old lovers are ghosts, pass the pancakes,pass the syrup, blueberry, not maple, please,the way they shift themselves into our consciousness,when … More

Hearing Loss

What’s that you’re saying under your breath,a curse or a blessing for me, you’ve done both well.I’ve grown to known … More

It’s hard to be where you aren’t

Because there’s too much headwind whipping now,too much ocean motion for me to feel your ripples,finger skin tendered soft, how … More

The Caretaker – Part One

Maybe, he mused once, if it hadn’t been for marriage, he’d have ended up in prison.  Once he met Beatrice, … More

Remember this one?

It’s us sitting on a seawall.Maybe somewhere near Waikīkī.I don’t know.Great photo though.We’re both looking down and toward each other.We’re … More

Snowfall

Remember how the flakes of snow fell that day,catch on your tongue slow, fluttering like moths,like feathers, gentle rocking motion, … More

High Stakes

Ed had been in a bad auto accident.  More precisely he’d been hit when he was crossing Beretania Street near … More

I think I know who’s up there

I have suspicions about the last ghost in my housewho does not haunt me, but might have done the washand … More

Again with Hermione and Maurice

Please, love, please let’s not argue all night long about this silly little thing. I agree, yes indeed, we should … More

What I’m Looking For

What are the three things you’re looking for most in a partner?            Hmmm . . . Well, I want to start … More

Checkout

They entered West Towne Mall and Mrs. Goodman gave great thanks for the warmth.  It was officially the coldest winter on … More

A Marriage of Two Minds

“So what do you think it looks like?” she asks. We’re head to head, lying on the grass, staring up … More

Not for Sale

In 1973, on the heels of him rocketing into the big name star echelon, Neil Young came to Hilo Town … More

A Bad Connection

       The phone rang, distracting her.  She was thinking about her husband, Harry.  She looked over at the clock:  9:45.  He was coming home later … More