In Hawai‘i we might say“This one mo’ bettah than that one” for, say, a flavor of shave ice,and perhaps, “This…
Love’s Mark
Your grave does look newNot just the polished markerI see the way the green grass spreads out behind itTo a…
No Hard Feelings?
When I was boundWas I bound tightFrank Gorshin pleaseRiddle me this How can you ever feelYou’ve been turned freeWhen you…
Love Luck
The day is young and I am notSo slowly walk this beaten pathMy daily pondering strollScanning the surroundingsSearching for a…
The least I can do
In the last years I wonderWhy I have to do thisVisit in the nursing homeNow that your mind is goneAnd…
Tell Don’t Show
A writer should show and not tellI’ve heard that advice foreverSo if you and I were a storyThe better final…
Re: LAX
One night flying home from ArgentinaI suffered an unavoidable layover in LAXArriving at 8:00 p.m. exhaustedMy connecting flight to HonoluluWould…
Gordon Lightfoot Rose
Those weren’t soft footstepsTip-toeing up the stairsWhen Gordon Lightfoot took offJumped the last jet planeTo rise whole and healedFar above…
Like a New Year’s Resolution
You replace a faucet set on one of your sinks, the old one having ceased to function. How many times…
What the child sees
And wraith-like rollsSome marble maybeSmiles at nothing visibleAs far as I can seePlays some internal gameKnown only to herWith the…
Was Light Is Will Be
His was the hand of light isWherever it wavedIn his wave we saw intoWithout end will see beyond darkness All…
Coming out on Top
At last it looked like the summit could be reached in no time. Although asleep, I still felt energy radiating…
Escaping the Tree
In my dream, I told Kimo and Alta to stay put. If that crying was the cat calling out, then…
Life Is Pieces
My father swinging a pickaxe rhythmicallyUp over his head and slamming it downThe point piercing hard red clayBreaking it all…
Saving the Singer
Any fear Kimo had of this being a trap evaporated instantly. Off he trotted toward the singing damsel in distress.…
The Voice
Kimo and I advanced cautiously up the hill. When we reached spots where the old man had difficulty, I, as…
The Escape
Even though I heard the question, and certainly understood it, I couldn’t remember, in my fever, what my name was.…
The Cave
Then out of the gloomy forest came first that burning yellow glow. Those eyes.As the feline figure sauntered toward us,…
Going Up
Given his age and athletic build, I wondered if I could keep up with my guide. But I needn’t have worried…
A Guide
Frustratingly, however, I could see the big cat lurking above me every time I tried to turn back upward. What this…
Lanning Lee 