It was the kind of dream that wakes you up. It was the kind that won’t let you go back to…
Ghosts
That old child watches youSees you at each instant of your lifeObserves what you becomeWhat time does to youLaughs some…
Safari
Even though a paler woman sitting sunning outside said they wereSaid so to the other two paler woman, all natives tooBut…
A Good Life
I met a local woman yesterdaywho had moved with her husbandfrom Hawai‘i to Californiato find a better life. Her husband…
Mentors
He always wore mirrored sunglasses, the kind the “Boss” with the rifle does in Cool Hand Luke. We thought maybe he…
Just Before Dawn
They came this morning. It was a gray day, the sun hidden by dense clouds. It’s a scene right out of…
That’s the One
I enter the vaultWhere lights never workOnly the dimmest glowSeeping through the open doorHelps me hunt In here lies every…
Memoriam
He sufferedThe unkindestOf mental lapsesThe long oneAnd then longer andLonger so very uglyAn omen deeply darkeningTearing a wound gaping abyssThat…
Best Friends
Very much like my fatherI try not to argue with friendsNot because we always agree with thembut because we wonder…
Open Questions
Your savaging self asksWill I no longer be me? Wilding awayWill I realizeWhen I don’t recognize myself? Slipping from the…
Free Lunch
By the time I saw Dylan in English class, his cheek was little bit red and swollen. Again. I pretty sure…
The Music Man
When I told them I could handle this problem we faced, I was surprised to find that no one seemed…
Yay! Episode 3, “Mr. and Mrs. Claus,” of my current Lt. David Chan Hawai’i-based mystery is now available on the Kindle Vella platform.
Easy Money
The way the old woman stared at him, it was as if she was looking right through him. Like she couldn’t…
Dream Burial
When I understood he understoodI answered him with OkayThe blank expression on my faceDisguising my anguishAt his answer of OkayA…
Last Night
You chill me ocean coldThe moon unsettling nightAs you draw back your handI glimpse a raw dawn horizonOur years will…
Living Free
Today in my yard a mynah birdCalls its characteristic chirpFrom up in the mango treeI don’t see them displayed in…
I’m happy to say that my 2nd collection of stories, In the Way Aloha Lives, is now available on Amazon
And I Miss Him Now
Teaching tough kidsIn a notoriously tough schoolCan be tough on you It was well knownHe only came to campusFor my…
The Muse Knocks Again
She aids my writing in many waysJust soI’m raking up some leavesWhen my neighbor’s black catBig BoyTears across my pathWitness…
Lanning Lee 