He held the book that had been hard to find and might be harder to read. The old man in … More
Category: Politics
A One, and a One
You try so hard to separate the singer from the songThe perspective you consider off, bizarre, or wrongAgainst everything you … More
This Will Be
She will becomeI see it, and I hear itThe prophesy of hope soon to be realizedJust a few more sick … More
He ha’awina ka’u i ka pō nei (I had a dream last night)
Where the world of aloha I’d knownFor most of my life fell awayPulled out from under me, the nasty trick … More
End of Session
None of our tough questions get answeredHard heads and tight lips and red facesHiding truths under armor cracks of brief … More
All Life’s Noise
Listening to nothing in the cool morningI smile as Buddha would if I only wereAnd blow a kiss that molds … 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
Strong Women
She was having a hard time going to sleep, maybe fear of the dark and all those kinds of trauma … More
Black Brown Yellow
A striving yellow slugleaves its fading iridescent trailcaught smack in the midday sunon a blazing concrete sidewalktrying its hardest and … More
On the Edge
We approach the Russian Border traveling from Kirkenes, Norway by boat. In order to come right to the borderline, we … More
The Governor Weighs In (A Lieutenant David Chan Mystery, Chapter 7)
Chan hated himself for feeling momentary relief when Mrs. Jones blurted this out. He would not have to deliver the bad … More
No More
I remembered how Russ Feingold, from Wisconsin, stood before the U.S. Senate and cautioned them not to approve authorization for … More
