“So what do you think it looks like?” she asks. We’re head to head, lying on the grass, staring up…
Not for Sale
In 1973, on the heels of him rocketing into the big name star echelon, Neil Young came to Hilo Town…
Assisting the Spirit
Mrs. Cho’s gift was guiding spirits to the afterlife. People who knew about her ability – and this was all…
Then and Now
I had to go back to the place on Maui where my father and I used to fish. Coming to…
The Swimming Lesson
When Art Kamaka was three years old, his father had drowned, along with two friends, while fishing in the Kaiwi…
To Save a Life
Kwan woke to a neighbor’s rooster’s crow. It was a welcome new sound these days, for her. Other neighbors hated, she knew,…
A Bad Connection
The phone rang, distracting her. She was thinking about her husband, Harry. She looked over at the clock: 9:45. He was coming home later…
The Holy One
Hey! What are you looking at? Are you looking at me? Well, it sure seems like it. Not that I’m the only one here,…
The Best Gift
“I want the red one,” said the little girl, pointing to it. Mr. Watanabe looked at it. Then at the other…
Business as Unusual
Robert Morgado did pest control. His father had done pest control, and so had his grandfather. When his wife said “Nuff already,…
Still Standing
It amazed him how long, after a tree died, was even completely rotted through like this one appeared to be,…
Closing Time at the Kaka‘ako Café
Even though the café was a small one, between cooking and running the front by herself, Asako was having a…
To Move On
All those times you’d been togethernot holding onto you, sticking with you,how after all this can laughter heal you, evercome…
The world, grown old
You know, my fate’s really always come down to you.It’s been that way since 1982.I’ve counted the years nearly every…
No Game Stop
We were that amusement, some bright, shiny object,the birthday toy, the circus mobile spinning above the crib to mesmerizeor maybe…
Within a dream
When she hugged you the last time, the wind whispered, traitor. You feed my sleep often with dreams of yesterday…
My dog howls at the moon
Is it because he wants to have the moon here with him?Does he want to eat itfor all he knows…
dot dot dot
pretend you knew where you were goingand now you’ve run into usso follow along the silent spaces we speak in…
2019 in Wuhan
This is for the man in Wuhansitting by the roadside in the shade of the overpassdirty white undershirt and mussed…
Strong Women
She was having a hard time going to sleep, maybe fear of the dark and all those kinds of trauma…
