Time Lesson 9: How to Cut It

I sliced the back of my neck the other day.Not huge, but not small either. Lots of blood.I was pissed. … More

Time Lesson 7: Stop the Clock

Benevolent Time sat cross-legged on the mantle smiling,saying she’d push it over, her index finger often fakingflicking it, when, to … More

Time: Lesson 6 (Picture It)

It’s a storm brewing a good distance away, hit or pass me questions,perfectness of June moons, the chaos of a … More

Time: Lesson #5 (September Song)

RememberSummerCountryRockDiscoPop78Era / AndRecordsCassettesCDsMP3sWaiterPlease * * * * * Aloha #WriterFriday. Today’s #WritingPrompt is music Use it to inspire a piece … More

Hiking Lessons

I am hiking up Pālolo Valley with my friend Olav.  We’ve brought along way more than enough beer to fuel … More

Time: Lesson #4

See here, this is her jigsaw puzzle, given to me early on, that from the firstI can remember, I began … More

Time: Lesson #2

You must be right-handed. I blush, turn my head and give her a sideways glance. Oh no, not that.  I … More

Retirement

It’s possible I may live longer than my parents did.Desperation for more time should affect me with less intensitymaybe, given … More

The Walk of Life

Passing, I looked inside, saw that family, remembered,their stony group staring at those white china plates,no one speaking a word, … More

Siren Song This Way

I often hear it pierce through everythingthat bouncing glitter of your voiceagainst the pane of slumping glasssee the black clouds … More

Seeing Nearer

I see when I have finally walked almost to the endof this said old oak forest, and I am going, … More

Future No Future

I’m no spring chicken, as my dad used to say.What if this is what life will be like until the … More

Secret Friends

I picked up the phone and pretended to haveconversations with you, imitating my parentsthe way kids do.  But you never seemed … More

Drinking Glasses Down

You roseand do not hide from memy ancient observationhow you grow I seea healing once more for memy constant patient … More

Still Learning at 65

What’s meant by the “side” of the bed, since you wake up on it,obviously is the half you lie on, … More

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 … More

Waikīkī My Whole Life

She says, Surely you’re kidding me about Waikīkī.I say, Oh, yes, — no offense — of course . . . … More

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 … More