What’s that oneOn the tip of your tongueOr more your ear It goesDa da da di da di da da…
Arrivals and Departures
At any momentTurn a cornerOpen your eyesSwitch on a lightHe’s hereYou recognize himComing to you without greetingA pause at the…
When What’s Not Isn’t Missing
Something you should knowIs sometimes not’s not missing Not isAs in the space between two words on a pageOr the…
What We Say
I’ve seen many timesLike a dart that hits a stray markHow friends among each otherOpen and honestAbout nearly everythingWill say…
My Tiny History Here
I wonderIf the moon impartsA four billion year oldHistory lessonDo I miss any instructionAsleep most times belowUnable to knowWhat wisdom…
Dropped Call
Drive into the tunnel nowAll flesh drawn tighter than airAll around my chestBody stiff concrete lungsA deepest breath heldThe harder…
“It’s the Yu Clan,” Episode 12 of my latest Lt. David Chan Hawai’i-based mystery, is now available on the Kindle Vella platform
Islands
That popularized line of John Donne’sAbout no one being a self-sufficient islandThat we are all partOf a larger interdependent groupBoth…
Careful
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…
Lanning Lee 