So informal so not a bow Too formal for a shaka sign We meet side by side at a sidewalk … More
Category: Poems from Hawai’i
Super Power
If you’re like me, you’d wish you had a super power at birth, of course used for good, not for … More
To paint the devil on the wall
Don’t ask, Will I always be me or will I change? Will I realize when I do not recognize myself … More
When Lips Dream
Your lips dream dreams of their own. Their tiny brains only have room for good memories of kisses. A lifetime … More
A Veterans’ Cemetery
These stone tablets grow row on row, symmetrically planted concrete flowers blooming in a precisely laid field as far as … More
A Dream Within a Dream
I listened to my boss’s pep talk. Let me make this clear as crystal to all of you.You’ve heard, I … More
Spring Sprang
My first winter in Madison The coldest winter since they began keeping track The temperature plummeting into the -60s with … More
Storming the 7th Continent
I had to jump farther than I would have expected. I had to jump farther than I had since I … More
I am a Korean Lee
이 (Lee/Ee/I/Yi/Ri/Rhee/Rhie/Reeh) There are other variants, but that’s plenty for now. 이 is the second most common Korean surname, surpassed … More
Routine Maintenance
The mechanic wipes his hands with a greasy cloth, says, Time breaks down the integrity of any vehicle,which one day … More
For Us
In the wake of illness striking millions by surprise those affected by it personally or through kinship ties, how they … More
Nature Is Revealed
Where are the ones in the suits of gold,those second lookers who’d whiplash our tender necks,the heart beaters who’d burst … More
When I have fears
in the small hours, fingers interlocked behind my head, I search the hidden ceiling straining to see any star beyond, … More
Old Criticism
The women were of all kinds so many stunning ones passed before me breathless water flowing round me rushing cool … More
The Alarm
He dreamed he grew up so empty he became a hollow echo of resoundingly resonant invisible soundlessness. Nothing he ever … More
Rainy Day Love
the race is on to outrun the raindrops my feet beating the ground faster than they can fall my rhythmic … More
Time
To say that you have nothing but time is an exercise in self-delusion. They tied a rag around his face … More
I Contemplate Writing Days
One day the poem is good, the story sound.The next day, Hmmm . . .One day it’s, Yeah, well.The next … More
Too Far Gone
I could not go with you lost on that trail you and me crocuses and cacti fields of yellow daffodils … More
My Flying Machine
I can’t remember when I stopped dreaming about flying. This recurred often, once a month or more. I would be … More
