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…
Relieving Memory
Funny how memory can play the roleOf a well-meaning deceiverWhisperer of white liesWeaver of softening patternsRounder of rough contoursA childhood…
Night Visits
The night opens my eyesAnd awake will see into the darknessIt’s not that kindSo solid it’s like beingConfined in a…
I’m happy to say that Episode 1 of my 6th Lt. David Chan Hawai’i-based mystery, “Bullets Flying,” is now available on the Kindle Vella platform.
Home Bound
I hand-built this pitcher with care for youDid not thrown it mechanically on a wheelBut the hairline cracks from the…
A Mentor
My third grade teacher, Miss Reed (Read)Told my parents that I did not read at grade levelShe asked them if…
The Moon Setting
It was always like, Hey, brahThe f-ing moon’s setting on usWe gotta get outta this placeBecause our folksAre gonna freak…
Lanning Lee 