Randol explained to me one timeThe difference between black and whiteOne slims, the other does notEspecially when someone’s taking your…
In the Next
I appreciated the raise you encouraged me to ask forEuphoric like hopscotching over an imaginary lineSensing the end of some…
Let There Be Peace on Earth
Five consonants and three vowelsCombine to create 28 charactersThe Korean alphabet“Hangeul”A simplified writing system for the peopleIts ease of comprehensionPromotes…
Going, Going
We are seat mates from O’Hare to HonoluluHe lives on an island between Hawai’i and AustraliaI’ve not heard of the…
Flying My First Kite
We run together in the strong windThe two of us launching my first kiteHe’d made for meCutting and gluing the…
Death on the Nile
Is it true, my guide asks, that America views this as a third-world countryThat we consider Egypt’s development to be…
One Way of Looking
This morning while I was working in the yardI looked up and saw a mynah birdPerched on a limb of…
On the Clock
The catch is always just one slip upIt fits as an apt prescriptive descriptionI’m what I’ve become so here I…
At the Bar
I felt the slight pressure on my shoulder The kind that promises the ride of your life, Before you read…
The Swans at Wells
An elderly gentleman beams red-facedNeatly bearded and dressed in a black tuxedoHe stands in the park feeding birdsBehind the Wells…
The Bird Lady of Āliamanu
She was a lover who’d found something to love wholeheartedlyEveryone knew her as the Bird Lady of Āliamanu IntermediateThe school…
The Former Bird Lady of Queen’s Surf
My maternal grandmother often went to Queen’s SurfWhere she’d sit and feed the birds They recognized her and would flock…
The Bird Lady of Castle Memorial
She had a thing for birdsMolded out of clayWoven with yarnEmbroidered on her clothes She did that with the Aloha…
The Birds of Kuykendall Hall
There was an inspirational reason behind the design detailThose novel three stories of floor-to-ceiling glassThe grand transparent window walls of…
Life from Death
I find these bodies often in the yardRaking, I’ll come across a nestAnd lying nearby, a baby, featherlessBrought down by…
Last Flight
Birds have that gift of flightTheir lives so simple seemingEating and sleepingBusy nest buildersTrue, they have predatorsFrom which we couldn’t…
A Fan with a Plan
There are 30 minutes to go before the start of the game. Not many fans of either team are seated…
End of Session
None of our tough questions get answeredHard heads and tight lips and red facesHiding truths under armor cracks of brief…
The Friendly Stranger in the 1974 Black Mercury Marquis
When he stepped out of his carI stood still in Mānoa Shopping CenterI thought he was Tom SelleckBut on second…
Litterbug
As he headed down McCarthy Mall to the faculty union meeting in Kuykendall Auditorium, Dr. Terry Hong saw a boy…
Lanning Lee 