There is not much left to do today. This morning we were replacing fence posts.Bob and I have pulled stumps all…
The Lending Kind (HS 149)
I’m swirling in the drouse of that head on the pillow before sleep,a thousand ideas swizzling around my brain that…
Above the Water Below Us (HS 148)
The water is full of ghosts and him. In the water. There.A child’s eyes staring back at you. Right there. Pointing,I follow my…
And If You Ever Saw It
We are near the top of the world, Finnmark, Norway, and I’m in a van on the way to do…
Shade (HS 147)
Revised 12.12.23 The people working inside here look hardly savageEven though a paler woman sitting sunning outside said they wereSaid so…
Memory (HS 146)
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to wipe the slate clean,tabula rasa, my mind a blank, history erased, wake up tomorrow knowing nothingbut…
Waikīkī My Whole Life
She says, Surely you’re kidding me about Waikīkī.I say, Oh, yes, — no offense — of course . . .…
Honolulu Lights (HS 145)
In the early morning, when she’s done, she’ll sleep, dreamless,her hard work over, pleasing many, her best shots,giving everything at…
Grecian Formula Bleach Blond
Each time we meet, we roam the hills of imagination,plucking up little plots, new twists and turnsleading only to a…
Land of Aloha (HS 144)
It’s amazing to imagine that at one time Hawaiʻi had to be sold,a barely known collection of merely faraway map…
Wake Up Call
He could see the sun just breaking the horizon, a tiny sliver of light, but it was still dark. He’d been…
Vast (HS 143)
I’m standing at the edge of the Sahara Desert,looking out upon sand and sand and sand as far as I…
From Rags
These things. I thought I’d wear them only when I died.I’ve never been accused of being a social butterfly,have long…
Brand New
“The children,” she said, trying to lift her hand, but only able to look their way, nod her head toward…
Remembering Mother Nature (HS 142)
I have this faint hope, to ask, as I self-isolatehere on the mountainside below Puʻu ʻŌhiʻa– the place that foreigners…
You Cook with Gas (HS 141)
With you, every day is lemon meringue day,that balance of sweet and sour on my tongue,huge fruit grown on your…
Wish
With all the African Tulip trees in bloom, the hillside looked like a huge, undulating birthday cake. “Beautiful,” she said. “Just…
One Word (HS 140)
Love, must I not have a word with you, just for laughs,see the rain, how clearly the sky bleeds for…
Glass (HS 139)
Not to look at it ever again,not to see that way anymore,I hide myself from me, from usand from that…
Democracy in Action (HS 138)
Every one of us saw him as an ignorant ass,and the beer was cold, and the oaths flowed,and maybe we…
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