I am nearly blinded by the bluest ocean imaginable,mesmerized by the constant waves, powerful blows,one after another, crashing hard against … More
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Pep Talk
All of you were born to do something.So why aren’t you doing anything? He shakes his fists at the air. … More
Hawaiʻi Sonnet 87 (And This Is Love)
He thought of her,what she might think of him.I love you, she said, I love you.All he could say wasI … More
How I Met Your Mother
Aiya! Again I forgot. Here’s my draft for Po’aha/Thursday. How I Met Your Mother If I were in your pants, … More
question after question after question after
question never answered,never honoring the teaching method— how we seem to have learned nothing,none of that much ballyhooedcritical thinking— I … More
Balance Question
Question gravityas we float afraid we’ll falla glimmer somethingmote of slight hopespeculate about lightabout tandem flightwished for greeningof summer dried … More
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Follie: The Disappearances of Honolulu — Chapter Two
Chaper Two Detective Yamamoto came out of the first floor entrance. He joined Chan examining the carefully sliced up body. “Like death … More
‘Awapuhi
I can see I’ve kind of become my own renovation project, trying to reconstruct the joys of my childhood. It’s an … More
A Dream Deferred
Here’s my draft for Pōʻaono/Saturday 09.28.19. A Dream Deferred It was a little late in the day to make it … More
Prelude to Some Drama
Aiya! Forgot to post yesterday’s draft. Kalamai. Here’s my draft for Pōʻalima/Friday 09.27.19. Prelude to Some Drama It’s summertime and … More
Hawaiʻi Sonnet 86 (Empties)
I remember glaring at you glaring at me.I can’t quite say how we ended up that way.It seems to me … More
To night (for JK)
I will sleep now, to the fullest, a night where darkness is not so black as it was painted to … More
Beginning with an end
What we worry about most bringsa dust of doves rising in a wind ofstartled whirl. Fat fed flocksfor lingering over time,there … More
Follie: The Disappearances of Honolulu — Chapter One
Chapter One His death looked like it had been long and hard. The carefully sliced, mutilated body was the kind … More
Hawaiʻi Sonnet 85
There are so many of us nowpouring up the trail, that there’s too muchtalking, not enough listening. We are streamersto … More
A ways to go
I know you’re not here near the pool to watch me,as my nose suddenly floods with chlorinated water,that eye-stinging burn … More
I take myself from there
When I finally found myself I wasold. Older than the moon when she losther mythology, unclothed by dayand science, investigator of … More
Hawaiʻi Sonnet 84 (she seemed she was)
pull the lamp chain letin light as dark attracts that ray of sunrisen by enticing birds who call awakeby singing … More
The learned philosopher wanted to say
that these are the waysinspiration fires, ideas strike,from where well up the wealthof all ideas for creative writing. It’s not … More
