Death on the Nile

Is it true, my guide asks, that America views this as a third-world countryThat we consider Egypt’s development to be … More

One Way of Looking

This morning while I was working in the yardI looked up and saw a mynah birdPerched on a limb of … More

An elderly gentleman beams red-facedNeatly bearded and dressed in a black tuxedoHe stands in the park feeding birdsBehind the Wells … More

She was a lover who’d found something to love wholeheartedlyEveryone knew her as the Bird Lady of Āliamanu IntermediateThe school … More

My maternal grandmother often went to Queen’s SurfWhere she’d sit and feed the birds They recognized her and would flock … More

She had a thing for birdsMolded out of clayWoven with yarnEmbroidered on her clothes She did that with the Aloha … More

Today in my yard a mynah birdCalls its characteristic chirpFrom up in the mango treeI don’t see them displayed in … More

There was no escape. Time and tide, they say, but collectors are the same in that respect. They do not … More

Every morning a variety of birds chirp and sing me awake. And I am pleased and thankful at this late … More

Here’s my draft for today, Sunday 05.05.19. The Swans at Wells There is an elderly gentleman, beamingneatly bearded and dressed … More