Did we miss each other?If my watch could talk, hah!, it would saywhat? 12:05, 06. If I had a watch…
Preview of Coming Attractions
Spring was watching for weeds to grow in the cracked concrete sidewalks,the dazzling pop of fresh green leaves all appearing…
Dance with Me
I don’t know who was more against it. We always held each other in vice grips. I waited for the…
A Body at Rest
She sleeps deeply, beautiful as smooth carved marble, her moonlit face shows no wrinkles, no scars that you might see…
Sloth
I would say or do anything to get out of this situation. Hey, I see clothes fluttering on the line…
The Feud
The Elgin Marbles have stood up well, true, not wasting much under the rude press of time, considering their grief…
Love Struck
My eyes burning and blurry fixed on the Honolulu International Center arena where she’s with her family at a kung…
Race
In Hawai‘i, my Korean half dominates my look, so I blendin with the majority, no one can even tell I’m…
Old Story
In a moment in my golden years I wonder if I’m an onion, each year representing another layer of love…
Next Time Hana
They say that Maui nō ka ‘oi, and I, once upon a time, agreed, when we didn’t have to fight…
If it wasn’t for bad luck
Destiny, a word redolent with possibility,is an outer world, one beyond usbut around us.As we live our lives we bump…
Grab Hold and Come On In
A fairy tale convict, restrained in her tower cell, scratching those long, thin lines, doleful exercise, the shaky ones that…
Three, Two, One
He jumps in his car and drives,from the Oakland docks, remember?and drives fastO, Death, Ralph Stanley,running round on a loop,…
Get Quiet
I watch as the party rages on across the way. It’s now officially after midnight, and no one’s phoned the…
The Authors’ Voices
Like dog whistles we can’t be heard. If you could hear all of us, together, you’d never let us into…
Missing Pages
I’m stapling together revised 5-year projections,our support staff still working remotely.I love this stapler, well worth the money,handling more than…
Hunting for a Subject
I was sitting at the Tahitian Lānai piano barwith the actual Surgeon General of the United States,on vacation here in…
Vinyl’s Final
Vinyl was as good as dead, but it’s making a comeback.Like Lazarus, LPs have risen from the grave.The last time…
The Stuff of Dreams
The first time I traveled there, a lengthy journeyall the way from Hawai‘i, I was alreadyan old man, had long…
The Taking of Medicine
Dave’s here from Wisconsin, and we’re swimming at Ala Moana Beach,despite the posted bright orange jellyfish warning signs.I’ve assured him…
Lanning Lee 