A Smile

Where it came from, I had no way of knowing. Perhaps it crawled up from the stream below my house. … More

And you get baloney from how?

Bologna’s a city known for sausageThat disavows any knowledgeOf what goes on down those sketchyDark streets where meat and pavement … More

Every Sunday my post-church treatIs a jumbo dill pickle from Wally’s SuperetteI can hear them calling to meFloating in their … More

Those vicious helpings with snapping jawsChunks second and third of local host preyChoked down in meals only filling thoseStuff fast … More

It’s a big family reunion party, and I’ve not seen a lot of my relatives since I was a kid. The crowd … More

The last time I heard Hawaiian music in WaikīkīIt was a quiet night at Blue Note before the pandemic struck … More

Happy Birthday to youHappy Birthday to youHappy Birthday Dear Ear-rthHappy Birthday to you If the Earth could speakI’d ask it … More

The WNBA holds its 2024 draft today. Caitlin Clark is expected to be the number one pick. The lucky team … More

When I was boundWas I bound tightFrank Gorshin pleaseRiddle me this How can you ever feelYou’ve been turned freeWhen you … More

You replace a faucet set on one of your sinks, the old one having ceased to function. How many times … More

Kimo and I advanced cautiously up the hill. When we reached spots where the old man had difficulty, I, as … More

I’m long past middle age, but my joke has always been that no matter how old I get, I will … More

Butterscotch Life SaversOne of my dad’s favoritesI used to eat an entire rollEat myself butterscotch sticky sickI’m sure it was … More

I slow to a stop and idleStare at all the confusion hereThese dark tangled woodsA briared and brambled forestDead branches … More

U won’t believe this. What u mean? I’m in Starbucks Ala Moana across food court by Macy’s. Brawl going on … More

They seemed to clash a lot nowadays. Should I go or should I stay, he wondered, like a chorus playing … More

I woke up this morning – for which I’m always thankful nowadays – to find that everyone who knows him … More

“You know me,” he said. “I have a smile for everyone.” His smile, this one to illustrate, seemed to be … More

My legs go numb standing thereGrasping the wooden edges to hold meSo long that the usher behind meClears his throat … More

That popularized line of John Donne’sAbout no one being a self-sufficient islandThat we are all partOf a larger interdependent groupBoth … More