Found Gold

I turn on my pillowTo her gentle pushSee in her eyesTheir shineA kind yellow glintOn a field of brownHow smart … More

Last Night

Scan the sky to grasp more stars tonightFit them in your pocket for a coming shower of lightAlways wish for … More

The Clear Blue

I strain to see the face, down there, from my tableAlong the mezzanine in the days when peopleSmoked up clouds … More

Step off the Curb

Go fall in loveChecking left and rightThen left again and right to be sureYou’re sureBut are you sure you’re sure?Because … More

Games

Most days you could solve the Spelling Beejust by looking at the 7-letter honeycomb pattern.Those pangrams were child’s play,and finding … More

Learn Origami and Impress a Friend

Fold, unfold,reverse fold,run finger along crease,fold backwards,fold right upper right cornerhalfway toward left lower left corner,turn over,reverse fold,run fingeralong crease,fold … More

Porta Bella

I see you always, a glass of red wine dangled in your hand before you,reclining luxuriously in an overstuffed chair, … More

Confrontation (Part Seven)

Friday morning, Chris sat with Andrew and Allen on the library stairs. Chris thought about Denise, pictured a shimmering, translucent … More

Confrontation (Part Six)

When Chris reached the field, he noticed a large man, maybe Hawaiian-Portuguese, sitting on the bleachers. He had a whistle … More

Confrontation (Part Five)

On his way up to football practice at Farrington that afternoon, Chris looked for Denise, but she wasn’t waiting on … More

Confrontation (Part Four)

On the third morning of the new school year, Chris made it a point to be sitting on the library … More

Confrontation (Part Three)

The next morning Chris came to school early.  He’d arranged to meet Andrew and Allen in front of the library.  Chris was … More

Confrontation (Part Two)

“Try stop, Chris, try stop,” said Allen, grabbing Chris’s arm. Chris looked at the small hand, then at Allen’s face. … More

My brother Sangtiennoi not being there

A manwho has sweated many timesin his fighting careersays blood is only red sweat But nothing hurts morethan a mentorin … More

Confrontation (Part One)

Chris Andaya had a stare so cold it might freeze fire. It wasn’t something he put on; it was natural. … More

Love’s Not

Some primal urge to break abandoned factory windows with stones in passing,or to break a companion’s heart with hard words … More

Remarkable

Her hand grips mine for the first timeand the dream becomes real. I bet she says, I’m the one you’ll … More

To Autumn

Love might break in at Indian Summer,a mid-autumn drying then, and quick,remember Madison on fire,the multi-bright colored leaves,votive candles, how … More

Theme

So to forget about last night’s dream,a mass forgetting cannot happen too soon,you wake up and start the search again … More

what impressions were

a sound slight as breathstill the cold touch of lamplight on white snowthose thick linesa brow furrowedeyes of white hairthink your … More