Loves To Gamble

You in your dark, dark Seoul, another Magic Island in my future,that’s where it will be, my last dip in … More

We Two

Easier than brain science or rocket surgery, after all,for a weak-minded me to foolishly believe anything,false-crack me constantly out of … More

All I need’s a napkin to dry my face, por favor.I’m speaking the wrong language in old Seoul, ne?But maybe one of … More

Time multiplies the images of all those red queens with one black king.I hear the sharpening of knives, that steel … More

In the dark, what won’t I believe that isn’t true?That somewhere there’s some mumbling equivocator,a bawdy bard, keeper of the … More

And the lights go off; it’s Korea after all.No power guarantee, even in Seoul – like Hawai‘i folks should talk.All … More

Buzz, buzz, buzz, bouncing off the walls and down the hallto the flaming kitchen where you’ll easily be ignored.The table … More

“This has become quite the screed,” he thought, looking over his day’s work,hard as the words that won’t hold back … More

Now is the time to show we’ve listenedHeard our ancestors who spoke and still speakPerched rocking, brilliant in their ever … More

So true, how you always seem to chooseThe slowest register line in the grocery store(It even applies now to self-checkout … More

When people still had landline telephonesSometimes I wanted to throw mine out the windowThe last time we talked, he told … More

Time falls out visions wash awayHope holds on making plans for meFaith keeps pieces stored in empty roomsAs I dream … More

Those weren’t soft footstepsTip-toeing up the stairsWhen Gordon Lightfoot took offJumped the last jet planeTo rise whole and healedFar above … More

I stepped off the bus from Ullapool at the Inverness Station. Checking my watch, I saw I had four hours … More

I was riding the Pacific Heights bus toward Ward Avenue when I saw the smoke. As we neared the source, I … More

I have grown built to wait silentlyTo be played with by someoneA green Army man with green rifleStanding on his … More

When I was in preschoolA long, long time agoOnly a three-year-old, mind youAt snack time we’d eatIcy yellow pineapple cubesSprinkled … More

Before heading to the coroner’s office, Chan had to see if Harvey Wong was home. The house on Algaroba was a … More

We’re visiting the TV set of Mister Sunshine, the first Korean drama I ever watched,back in 2019, after my first … More