My father sold insurance, and many of his clients lived in the roughest parts of town.He kept under the driver’s…
It Felt So Good
That Sony radio’s cheap black leather strapjust barely tied the music to my wrist.So poorly made I feared it just…
Impermanent Ink (Blue Period)
You sent me the self-portrait in a card once, maybe 1980. You are lying on your stomach, propped up on…
Now and Then
We sit sipping coffee. Awkward. Growing cold. My son and daughter, I say, in their 30s, have given me three grandchildren. I…
To the Rescue
You didn’t finish the yard work, only half the bedroom’s painted.Dishes lie in the sink, and you hear the bathroom…
No Movement
A ballroom exists, a heavenly one with a perfect floor, wide as the universe is wide,where the likes of Ginger Rogers…
Earth Day 04.22.2022
Happy Earth Day to you, Earth. Our apologies for everything we’ve done to you. We wish we could go back…
A Snail’s Pace
Contemplate the snail, any kind of snail.More than 40,000 snail species slowly roam the earth,all peacefully paced, wending their way…
Episode #19 of my current Lt. David Chan Honolulu mystery series is available
What the Cat Typed
I jolt awake in the dark.Well, it would be dark except my computer,as have I, has come out of sleep…
Some Peace
We meet our elderly guide in the late afternoon,the graying skies adding to the somber atmosphereoverlaying the double-named London/Derry landscape.…
Stories of My Grandmother
Sometimes my maternal grandmother visits me,I’ll come awake gradually, know she’s sitting there,silent guardian at the foot of my bed,…
We Meet
That night I saw you firecracker starburst red,ablaze in a beautifully carved body,an exquisite silhouette scribed against the dark,your hand…
Transistor Days
On the square, silver Sony radiowith the cheap black leatherette wrist strapI always feared would snap,our soundtrack falling lost into…
It’s Not Me, It’s you
It’s been a while.I wish you were here.How have you been?Life hasn’t been the same without you.Do you miss me?Do…
Too Patient
It’s been harder for me to step across that line.You’ve been waiting there for me for such a long time.If…
Family Tree
I’m sleeping, I think; this has the vivid feeling of a dream.Before my house was rebuilt, a huge mango tree…
How To Screw
In my younger days, it was so easy, so straightforward.Really, in my house there was only one way to do…
All the Hours of the Day and Night
I don’t know which of the 12 hours I love more,the half that’s a.m., or the half that’s p.m.I’d always…
No More Nice Things
Crayon and magic markers that never came off the walls;paint on the carpets and doors;knife and screwdriver carved furniture and…
Lanning Lee 