Remember the day you and I dug the pits at Castle Memorial?How you pinpointed the distance with a tape measureMaking…
Aftermath
At the rate they were rifling through the houseIt wouldn’t take them long for them to clean outEverything of any…
Madness
When B.H. told me he was madI wasn’t sure what he meantSo I asked if he referred toAngry or crazyHe…
3,650 rough drafts, 10 years later
On this date in 2014, I challenged myself to post a rough draft a day. It’s been a good 10…
The Years
Time creeps, time runsSometimes bothSometimes only oneIt moves along at any rate When you near the finish lineWill you show…
I guess I must have known some of them
Photos of kids in the bathtub with othersCan make you reflect on your childhood and shudderHow could parents think this…
Late Friends
At this rate, you may meet them in your next lifeHunched here, ass throbbing, sliding on the benchTo catch the…
Hauntings
I see the scene of resting that night poorlyThe fitful 2:00 a.m. dead of a Madison nightOutside a Lutheran church…
Until Then
When I do something now that I did 40 years agoWith the same ease as back then, I’m sometimes amazed…
Fall Apart
You may think your love’s perfectly pieced togetherThe final puzzle as pretty as the picture on the boxEvery curve and…
From Soup
It hardly came as a shock. Responding to the doorbell, Lucy opened to front door and found another box from Amazon. She…
Shadow Cast
Doris sat smiling at the shadow. She knew why it was cast that way. It had come to her while…
Hum
I pass my hands over you in rhythmFigure 8s I gently rock to summon energyInfuse you with the lifeWhile outside…
ThisClose
Once upon a time, my neighborhood was made upOf huge yards upon which rested grand homes Now, after all of…
She Was There
I came home in time to catch the tail end of the showThe part where he found her finallyBecause even…
My Stars
I know every star you will see tonightAll of them being born in times after meSoaring only by my design…
He ha’awina ka’u i ka pō nei (I had a dream last night)
Where the world of aloha I’d knownFor most of my life fell awayPulled out from under me, the nasty trick…
The Dimming of the Day
On the night I died I dreamt those twilight dreamsThe way you fever dream when you’re half awakeI saw my…
Sunday Service
On the morning of the righteous and the savedThose born once more entitled by being born beforeOnly this time knowing…
A Learner’s Turn
I took driver’s ed. the summer before 10th grade. I ended up in the class at Lualuna Academy. Pretty ritzy, and more…
Lanning Lee 