We’d all grown up together from small-kid time, most from age three or four.  So far we’d survived all kinds of … More

The screen message was “No Bluetooth Device Detected.” Jim patted the pants pocket where he kept his phone. Nothing. He … More

The electricity bill popped into his inbox just as he was paying the annual termite protection bill, which was $469.26. … More

He was tallish, maybe 6’1’, and a good athlete.  He played both basketball and volleyball in high school.  He was what we … More

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

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

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