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Aloha and e komo mai. I'm an author of prose and poetry born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. I publish a daily rough draft here on my author site. Please read with me, comment, and please share your own writing. Mahalo for reading, and a hui ho.

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Tag: #2021AprilPADChallenge

Time Was

It begins like the sound of unlashing whipsunlicking a soulful retreata music akin to tap dancing on sandthis shore that … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Geology, #Nature, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Time, #WriterFriday

Unraveling Sleep

Winding and windingup to wound and bound tightas the tasks to grab all day’s promisescramp tension strapped up in rapt … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Living, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Sleep, #Work, #WriterThursday

Spinning

It’s hard,the forever of never.I’d love to stay completely absorbed in the present,but I think of you now and then, … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Dreams, #Love, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Wisconsin, #WriterWednesday

Neighbors

Quiet practice I considered a courtesy.The gesture of a considerate neighbor. The walls in this apartment complex are thin.Sometimes I … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Neighbors, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Wisconsin, #WriterTuesday

Escher’s “Three Worlds”

You appear to glide secret keeper of the third world swim beneath leaves scattered about the water’s surface second world … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Art, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Time, #WriterMonday

As I Write This Title I Am

The thought is not to dwell in the past, or in the future,but to learn to live every moment in … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Living, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterSunday

Who’s there?

I can’t see you. Not like before, when I knew for sure, you were right behind me, always there. I … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Time, #WriterSaturday, Aging

Watch

Did we miss each other?If my watch could talk, hah!, it would saywhat?  12:05, 06.  If I had a watch … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Death, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterFriday

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 … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Seasons, #Weather, #WriterThursday

Dance with Me

I don’t know who was more against it. We always held each other in vice grips. I waited for the … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Love, #sonnetsfromhawaii, #WriterWednesday

A Body at Rest

She sleeps deeply, beautiful as smooth carved marble, her moonlit face shows no wrinkles, no scars that you might see … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Dreams, #Love, #sonnetsfromhawaii, #WriterTuesday, Aging

Sloth

I would say or do anything to get out of this situation. Hey, I see clothes fluttering on the line … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Animals, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Travel, #WriterMonday

The Feud

The Elgin Marbles have stood up well, true, not wasting much under the rude press of time, considering their grief … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Art, #Keats, #Literature, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Time, #WriterSunday

Love Struck

My eyes burning and blurry fixed on the Honolulu International Center arena where she’s with her family at a kung … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Dating, #Love, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Relationships, #WriterSaturday

Race

In Hawai‘i, my Korean half dominates my look, so I blendin with the majority, no one can even tell I’m … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Education, #Ethnicity, #Hawaii, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Race, #Wisconsin, #WriterFriday

Old Story

In a moment in my golden years I wonder if I’m an onion, each year representing another layer of love … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterThursday, Aging

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 … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Luck, #Physics, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterTuesday

Get Quiet

I watch as the party rages on across the way. It’s now officially after midnight, and no one’s phoned the … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Courtesy, #Neighbors, #Pandemic, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterSaturday

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 … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Literature, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterFriday

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 … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #Covid, #Pandemic, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterThursday

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