Madness

When B.H. told me he was madI wasn’t sure what he meantSo I asked if he referred toAngry or crazyHe … More

Transgression

After all the crying and cursingAfter all the anger and griefTime had the time to heal the woundBut what followed … More

Hallmark Moments

I’d been in the Midwest for many years, gradually working my way up the ladder to district manager for a … More

Litterbug

As he headed down McCarthy Mall to the faculty union meeting in Kuykendall Auditorium, Dr. Terry Hong saw a boy … More

Some of It’s My Story

So, Chris, I’ve been thinking about the story you told me yesterday. I hope das good news. Oh, of course … More

From Flames

Can smell the fireand the watersometimes imagineif water has a smellthat remnant steamy scentof memories Never cared for the way … More

Reminding the Gaps

At a reading a couple weeks back, I read a piece about some of the encounters I’d had with racist … More

Safari

Even though a paler woman sitting sunning outside said they wereSaid so to the other two paler woman, all natives tooBut … More

Mentors

He always wore mirrored sunglasses, the kind the “Boss” with the rifle does in Cool Hand Luke. We thought maybe he … More

Confrontation (Part Three)

The next morning Chris came to school early.  He’d arranged to meet Andrew and Allen in front of the library.  Chris was … More

Confrontation (Part One)

Chris Andaya had a stare so cold it might freeze fire. It wasn’t something he put on; it was natural. … More

Holy Night

It was madness to treat you like some character locked in a box, for all I knew, you suffering too … More

Hand in Glove

Korea’s a glove, the fingerless kind.A palm rests snug in it, the half warm, half clean, partprotected from the elements, … More

Mourning Calm

I’m back, I thought, as I stepped off the plane,returned to my ancestral home once more,recalling all my blood bound … More

Good Talk

Why curse? Would you pluck out your tongue,hang it on the wall as a hook for your black umbrella, onebattered … More

Envy

Someone says, “Mine is better than yours.”It’s that old schoolyard boast,the anger instantaneously rumbling up,separating two children playing to fierce … More