contrasttoo easy a clichéapples and orangesboth fruitshave seedsgrow on treesunlike moneyhe sayshanding over my weekly breadbreathing hard for the work … More

I’ve just come from listening to Robert Cazimero do a show at the Blue Note nightclub. I’m sitting at the … More

The love of where you findthat it you findthat ityou least expect I’ve heard of that soar at the finding … More

I saw a long line of vehicleson Vineyard Boulevard yesterdaymaybe 25 cars, including a black hearseall of them with their … More

Leināʻala floats, a dream visionher smile indelible, genuine, always so gracious gliding, swaying, her hands are birds in flightelegance in their … More

We’re sitting at Sandy’s table in Leicesterwith Karen, we’re all together for the first timeone of the happiest occasions of … More

That night I tried to read the Economics text with the same intensity I read the material for my English … More

I didn’t think of myself as a stalker, but I can see now that my behavior came close.  I walked right … More

Draft for Aloha Friday 07.12.19  False Wiliwili — Part Two I was raised a good Lutheran, so there are two … More

Anna is a second semester freshman.  I’m entering my final semester as a senior, chomping at the bit, eager to get … More

My family went to the doctorOne by one by one by oneFirst my motherThen my fatherNext my sisterI last. The … More

Again this morning a tinybread crumb of a voiceI hear inside me hope It is that small me, sure as … More

Like my fatherI try not to argue about anything with anyonenot that we always get along with everyone necessarilybut because … More

last night at the alumni reunionI remembered how Dan and Ithe inside push bar not workinggot locked in the cafeteria … More

Four fresh faced white Wisconsin farm ladsmaybe raised on this morning’s milk and cheese and home churned butterrocket their beat-up … More

to be so tangled in the vast ocean of unknowingeach time a journey to the puzzling heart core mystery all … More

This was in 1976.  I was visiting my cousin in Oakland, on the way to Madison, Wisconsin, where I would be … More

I’m sitting at the sink, sharpening my father’s old knives and all of a sudden, out of the corner of … More

a bird sings this morning beautifuldawn wakes me dreamer to day’s bright notesthis warble can rouse drowsed ears to joy … More

one knock is Hemingwayknock knock is a jokeknock knock knock, you’ve entered the twilight zone knock knock knock knockis Poe’s … More