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Aloha and e komo mai. I'm an author of prose and poetry born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. I publish a daily rough draft here on my author site. Please read with me, comment, and please share your own writing. Mahalo for reading, and a hui ho.

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Category: Writer Saturday

The House of Missing Key, Part 13

David Chan had been a very happy only child. More than five years into that blissful solo childhood, however, his … More

#HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #WriterSaturday

As Borrowed as Time

It’s as grim as it gets right now tonight when all you want to do is buy beer kick back … More

#Death, #life, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterSaturday

Life’s Run

Milton stumbles shakily around Mānoa Valley amid traffic. Petrarch perambulates Punchbowl Cemetery perusing stark headstones of veterans. Shakespeare window-shops for … More

#OnWriting, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterSaturday

Love’s Countdown

In the beginning there was inertia,and inertia led, as you might expect,to nothing, so what had beensomethingness became nothingness: Take-out … More

#Love, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Relationships, #WriterSaturday

No Movement

A ballroom exists, a heavenly one with a perfect floor, wide as the universe is wide,where the likes of Ginger Rogers … More

#Dance, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Talent, #WriterSaturday

It’s Not Me, It’s you

It’s been a while.I wish you were here.How have you been?Life hasn’t been the same without you.Do you miss me?Do … More

#PoemsFromHawaii, #Relationships, #WriterSaturday

Not Everything Is Broken

If I were Bob Dylan, I could tell you everything that’s broken.If you know that song, you know his list is … More

#Memory, #Music, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterSaturday

Where There’s a Will

A pint can’t hurt.Why do I always think that?More likely a pint can’t help. This writing implement depresses me.They are … More

#OnWriting, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterSaturday

My Last Birthday

For my last birthday, I made a donation to the Hawaiian Humane Society.I’d adopted a dog in May and wanted … More

#Age, #Birthdays, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterSaturday

Broken Trust

Many years have passed, and I still can’t get the image out of my head,all the broken glass I swept … More

#friendship, #Pain, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Truth, #WriterSaturday

Reunion

There are never more, of course, always only fewer, as it is in this life, so it goes, the some … More

#Age, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Time, #WriterSaturday

Tourist

Tourist I’m walking the neighborhoods of this small Scottish village. It’s too tiny to be called a “town”; maybe it’s … More

#PoemsFromHawaii, #Scotland, #Strangers, #Travel, #WriterSaturday

Dear Chris,

Thank you for your note letting me know you’d received the notice I sent.  It’s been a long time since we … More

#Love, #ParentsandChildren, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterSaturday

The Thing in the Window

The icy wind swirled and cut at them like a knife that could slice a tomato paper-thin.  Stars shown above as … More

#Mission, #Mystery, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterSaturday

One Day It Came to Him

Chris is meeting this grandmother and grandfather, Al and Sarah, for the first time.  This is also the first time he’s … More

#Grandparents, #Magic, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterSaturday

The House of Missing Keys, Part 5

First thing the next morning, David Chan called down to the evidence lock-up to find out if everything from the … More

#HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #WriterSaturday

The House of Missing Keys

She stopped for a moment to steady herself.  The thought of this being what it’s like to have dementia crossed her … More

#HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #WriterSaturday

The Growler

Here’s my rough draft for today, Saturday 01.22.22. I eat fast food maybe four times a year.  When I do, Burger … More

#food, #StoriesfromHawaii, #Strangers, #WriterSaturday

Has this ever happened to you?

You might want to scream when you’re staring at the screen,wondering whether it’s frozen or not. It’s like the clock’s … More

#Computers, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Technology, #WriterSaturday

Splurge

When she had lost her job due to downsizing because of the pandemic, Michi imagined it was the end for … More

#Friends, #Shopping, #StoriesfromHawaii, #Work, #WriterSaturday

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