Cool

You wish the shave icewould cool you more, chill you to the core,maybe with the help of the shadefrom these…

Routine

As she stoops to wash her dishesin the still water, the widow tries to pictureher husband, an arranged marriage to…

A Parting

There is a child, I recognize it,climbing from the water to the bankon the other side. It turns to look…

Under the Weather

The heat and humidity slammed me as I exited the gate.  Honolulu weather, so bad these past few months, persisted.  I’d…

Nature always wins

I can bust my ass, forever mowing,weeding, trimming trees, pulling vines,and all that’s left is an eye-blink of a cleared…

Hawai‘i Sonnet 73

Miss her kisslose half of youget fractioned downone halved from two  Cut to halfof what you werea stupid errorcost all of…

Hawai‘i Sonnet 72

Got a funny feeling, maybe you know too.Not laughing though. No more funny.The clock. Time fractioning up on me,hours long gone,…

It always hurt

Perhaps, thankfully, because it’s so rare,it can suck the wind out of you,as if some big-ass monsterhas sucker-punched you so…

Hard To Swallow

My grandmother, her mother,used to tell me to chew each biteof my food 32 times. That’s a lot of times,…

a stabbing rampage

If I could have awakened this morning,my wish for the world around me coming true,I would have jumped out of…

Hawai‘i Sonnet 71

We were running together on that familiar fieldof always perfectly kept green grass, flying a kitehe had made for me, showing me howto cut and glue the frame,…

Hawai‘i Sonnet 70

I would be lying if I saidI have no family stories.All families do, and some of mineare definitely the stuff…

Hawai‘i Sonnet 69

Her name again?  Ay.  She said,This cloud looks like an elephantstanding on one foot pondering, that one a bear combing its hair. I…

I See

A former student of mine who now lives in Hollywood has been involved in the production of the latest Wayan…

The Fire

In the early dark, I can still smell the fire,water, if water has a smell,that remnant steamy scent.I never cared…

What to write, what to write

Ah well, the day is young,so I take a walkalong this well-beaten path,my typical pondering stroll,scanning the environs for ideas…

Solitary Player

Who says you can’t learnanything from video games? I got video game anointedin the very beginningof the swirling video game…