People who say roosters crow at dawn have never been around roosters.For a rooster, even 4:00 a.m. is a good…

“I started smoking,” he told Scott, “after 12 years.” “Why?” Scott asked. Maybe it was having to work again after…

Back in high school, Yoshi and I did everything together. No, not that kind of everything. But you get the…

My Seoul, 24/7, 365, even though I’m here,I’m always thereIn my Seoul, always together with my people,Our shared look, the…

You still sing, I believe,your fingers pick my blood pulse,A high-five palm to palm,Your stellar performance.My arms fall around you,That…

I stood up and headed for my car.  The drive downtown passed without my even knowing it.  I parked across the street.  There…

Again silence came from the other end. My wondering about getting back to the therapist increased. I brushed my teeth…

The problems began immediately after it happened. As the two of us were escorted out of the courtyard, I kept…

My mango tree passed on spring flowers to fruit again.Dad planted this Hayden 60 years ago.He peeled them, blade against…

I never thought I’d live, never thought I’d get to say this.Not in this lifetime or in any other. Last…

We meet doing laps around the mall,Traveling in opposite directions.It’s a prelude to our senior naps, we laugh.I’ve not seen…

I’m not the only one awake this morning at 3:00 a.m.I barely hear the sound of neighborsTheir shared experiences, I…

At twilight’s fall, I see the course my ride has takenMapped back, how the sun rose at dawnFelt the wheel…

Not mine, anchored under sheets lapped over us,wrinkled little but still not broken,yet stiff enough to press the issue. So…

The only thing that’s strangeis realizing I’ve arrived alive.Nothing’s changed to more weird make. Water still runs through my fingers,scooped…

Idris Elba, but he didn’t want to commit until he heard if he was the next Bond. Jason Statham, but…

Love memories, a gravestone’s dust of snowTwirls beneath a mirrored glistening ballThe way you say, “I’m yours for good”Baryshnikov, Rampal,…

I say, “When silence disappears, that’s where nothingness begins,”and she’s skeptical – I can see it in the crinkle between…

There were a couple songs she danced to more joyfully than others,that spark in her eye when she heard them…

It is so cold here, and we are so needyWho will turn down slim sheetsAll there is to cover us…