As spring comes in with that lion’s roarUnder this sky it’s a jagged light showTree limbs shattering in screams at…
Direction
What happened to my compassI had it when I was a cub scoutLearning about directionsStuck in a drawer somewhereI hunt…
Unawakening
You’ll hold down the bench next dayBeen there beforeLots of practicePerfecting the uneven eveningThe uncalm lurching darkRevisit old desiresCurrent onesProblemsSituationsRelationshipsBuffaloed…
Something New
From the moment he woke up this morning, he knew he needed something different. As he brushed his teeth, looking…
Avoid Plagiarism
I borrow from heroes, as many writers doAnd avoid plagiarism by making words newTo walk that fine line I’ve disguised…
I am not sentimental
Never have beenNor ever plan to beWon’t waste words on timeOr anything gone byThe delicate sensibilityFeelings first and wistfulNostalgiaA waste…
A Word to the . . .
Every second on the clock I learnA second’s more something.Even asleep dreams tickTheir teachings to me,Reassembling information accruedThrough years, mixing…
Some daily affirmation
I swearIs what I needIn truth I doTo be that kind of personOnce I decide to doI will ahead and…
Fish
Fish Squatting at the pond’s edge, he held a small fishnet in his hand. He could smell the familiar slight…
A Writing Story
I have never written a story or a poem the way I wanted to write it. Something always gets in the…
No one is here
To watch me leaveStepping out of the room unseenWith no goodbyesThey might say if they were hereHe’s not goneThey might…
Of course you know that golf
Is not God’s gift to manIn order to avoid Sunday worship He did not sayLet there be a vast and…
Love Forgotten
Give away something dear sometimeTry this and perhaps you’ll not miss itReorder your brain, your heart to accept the absenceGladly…
The Writer Writes
I was sitting at a table outside Macy’s when the elderly Japanese woman bumped into my table. She was carrying a…
Chosen
But that was long agoHer intentIf I recall correctlyWas to steal my heartSet me apartFrom all the othersPounding at her…
Echoes
Climbing Yellow MountainWe take our turnsShout outThis place famous for echoesHow long will our “Hello”sLast?I manageA solid bellowVoice of an…
Reminding the Gaps
At a reading a couple weeks back, I read a piece about some of the encounters I’d had with racist…
The Spirit of Aloha
“So what’s so important that you have to yell?” the platform director asked, looking up at the flustered man. The…
This Is Sacred
That flash of light from the lighthouseon the point at Hana Bay servesas a warningand a beckoning beacon The mana…
Hawai’i Calls, my fifth Lt. David Chan Hawai’i-based mystery, is now available on Amazon
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