Thirty Years Tiananmen Square 2009On the day of the twentieth anniversaryI weave my way through crowdsOf Chinese soldiers sharply uniformedArmed, … More

Rain drizzled outside the window. How much? It’s $200. He looked back at her. Do you want it all now? She shook her head. … More

selective amnesia I mean I keep remembering youbut I forget all kinds of things all the timelike my site passwordsor … More

blackbird very soon they will comeslowly gathering, so resentingtheir broken wings coming to betheir sunken eyes coming to seeencroachment. Ahthey … More

In the frame, you’re still standing,cooking at the hibachi, as always,one of your passions pursuedat least once a week, usually … More

Alone now on a kind of raft, this piece perhapsof a former raft that drifted by while I sat drawing,I … More

We have come to Galway’s Inismór, largest of the Aran Isles. At this moment, we are at the top of … More

awake with that sweat and the suedesmell of you, my eyes wide as I realizeI should have asked, if I … More

Maile has become a voracious reader, and her appetite for books keeps growing. We’ve picked through the library offerings so … More

Here’s my draft for today, Tuesday 06.11.19. the price of aloha there is the green flash hope of them sitting … More

Here’s my draft for today, Monday 06.10.19. Hawaiʻi Sonnet 60 He rarely rested, swam hard all his lifemostly under water, … More

Here’s my draft for today, Sunday 06.09.19. The Next Thing You Know You know, every second we’re alive, we learna … More

Here’s my draft for today, Saturday 06.08.19. One Way of Looking I didn’t think I had anything to do todaybut … More

Here’s my draft for today, Aloha Friday, 06.07.19. A Stranger at the Bar I thought the seeming knowing howto touch … More

Here’s my draft for today, Thursday 06.06.19, the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. Or maybe only silence If they spoke, if … More

Here’s my draft for today, Happy Wednesday 06.05.19. Bar Hoping In the long mirror, first, I looked at herthen at … More

Blog Aloha Aloha to all of you out there in blogland. I have a blogging friend named David Davis who … More

Here’s my draft for today, Happy Monday, 06.03.19. Not finding them (for WW) I do see the full moon strides … More

Here’s my draft for today, Sunday 06.02.19. Finding My Mom’s Choir Gown They sang, Sunday chorus, practiced perfect pitchalways in … More

Here’s my draft for today, Saturday 06.01.19. Hoʻomaikaʻi Wow, it’s amazing what you might stumble across on the internet quite … More