Hawaiʻi Sonnet 88 (Benevolence)

I am nearly blinded by the bluest ocean imaginable,mesmerized by the constant waves, powerful blows,one after another, crashing hard against … More

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

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

Balance Question

Question gravityas we float afraid we’ll falla glimmer somethingmote of slight hopespeculate about lightabout tandem flightwished for greeningof summer dried … 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

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

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