I wait a long timeBut it’s only quietFor a last wordA stone carvingKneeling silenceRust in the rainNo heart creaks joyThe … More
Category: Writer Monday
Chapter 24: What I’ve Become
Masks. My son disappeared on Halloween. I’d thought I’d lost him. But a month later he was rescued off a tiny atoll up … More
Chapter 19: No Joke
Well, I tell people I’m not sentimental, I mostly believe that. Kathy, let me see, oh yes, here it is: … More
Look Up
New York is a stare-up cityI stand awed all over againThe tallest buildings jammedA million odds-on calculated gamblesOf engineering and … More
Chapter 10: To the Morgue
“We lost him,” said Kauhane. “I want Agent Daniel to take a look at the corpse and see if he recognizes … More
Chapter 5: The Envelopes in My Hand
Everything under the sun and the moon seemed to be keeping me up tonight. When I was putting together a … More
An Old Friend
Because it was my body, I went in to watch it being cut up. We’d found him on the side … More
Love’s Progress
You spot her on the busAnd from this chance sightingYou imagine the torment begins Initially, the symptoms are mildDo not … More
Last Night
Scan the sky to grasp more stars tonightFit them in your pocket for a coming shower of lightAlways wish for … More
Step off the Curb
Go fall in loveChecking left and rightThen left again and right to be sureYou’re sureBut are you sure you’re sure?Because … More
How the Story Ends
We’re both in the Kupuna Program at UH Mānoa. They allow senior citizens to take classes for free. Now that … More
Redemption
Into our heavy shame wedges truth,sharp, an accusing guilt that can move usnowhere, cannot carry us back in timeto change … More
Chapter 30: I’ll Kill Lieutenant Chan
Richard Han and Tommy Choi were not stupid men. They had risen to become Byung Yu’s right and left hand … More
Chapter 24: A Passage to Paradise
From that day on, Kang Yu took Sung-min Kwon under his wing. “The young man,” he often noted with great … More
Chapter 18: Kwon Sung-min Seeks Yu Kang-ho
Because he couldn’t afford the airfare to Wanhei, Sung-min Kwon walked and hitched rides when he could. All told, the … More
Anticipation
Let’s meet, you message, and she says sure,so right away you start mind-fumbling subjectsyou might discuss, things to talk about … More
Go Back
A slow country riderocks us from crest to crestthen one more nextthe highest yetfinds us abovea lowest valley deepthe feel … More
Ready To Begin?
The pressure of high-school speech tournamentsbesides the speaker, and the six to follow,is something few students handle well automatically.There are … More
How The One Defeats The Other
It’s the best kind because it’s TV advice.The Other seeks something of valueand kills, using his martial arts expertise,everyone standing … More
I’m Bored
Life for them, they think, is as dull as a ship drifting in the doldrums,and they say so, some young … More
Lanning Lee 