What Happens in Busan

Whenever I saw the ad, I’d wonder what would stay thereAdultery, drugs, murder – what threshold needed to be metHow … More

The Bulb That Bonds

When I’m here, I love the taste and smell of garlic more than usualWill chew it even in the morning, … More

Ultimate Dave — he gave himself that name — is bragging again. “I’m the king of ultimate frisbee,” he proclaims, … More

With the windows up it’s so quietThe dead and I can only hear the engine humThe AC pump purring its … More

An obsession sprung from getting braces at 24For some reason, I’d never bothered to floss my teeth beforeI never seemed … More

You try so hard to separate the singer from the songThe perspective you consider off, bizarre, or wrongAgainst everything you … More

Amazing how quiet the multitude of viewersCompared to the works that speak to usEach visitor drawn to something somewhere hereThis … More

He stands at the podium projecting out over the fieldGrips the railing, his hands a ghostly whiteThe master orator had … More

She will becomeI see it, and I hear itThe prophesy of hope soon to be realizedJust a few more sick … More

I see the scene of resting that night poorlyThe fitful 2:00 a.m. dead of a Madison nightOutside a Lutheran church … More

I came home in time to catch the tail end of the showThe part where he found her finallyBecause even … More

In the dream that woke me up todayI’m walking somewhere in the vicinity of disasterMy old friend from the black … More

I read that if you learn something each dayYour brain will stay flexible, or so some sayHold off memory loss … More

Charles Dickens whispered, “On the ground”Meaning and significance? Mr. HartSits back and thinks in terms of legal precedenceThe message in … More

Of course it must be “you” Even though I think of your ashes As a collection of what you were … More

I have two American flagsBoth tucked up tight in black framesTriangular shaped to hold them foldedBut still recognizably red, white, … More

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

We should take the road homeWe should go backIt’s time, we both agree Nothing can express wholy this late summer … More

We are seat mates from O’Hare to HonoluluHe lives on an island between Hawai’i and AustraliaI’ve not heard of the … More

She was a lover who’d found something to love wholeheartedlyEveryone knew her as the Bird Lady of Āliamanu IntermediateThe school … More