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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: #Death

Wellspring

In every family there is one central soul,the energetic heart that pumps life blood to all,the bond of it all … More

#Death, #Family, #life, #WriterSaturday

A Last Wave

Feel sorry for her? That’s a good way to ruin a teenager’s weekend.This is not the way, say, for an … More

#Death, #Love, #Memory, #WriterThursday

Holy Night

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

#Anger, #Death, #Love, #Sorrow, #WriterWednesday

Our Fathers’ House

A vision, they pop up ahead of us on the horizon,these sheets of red flowers blowing, rippling waves,like huge blood … More

#Death, #Generations, #WriterWednesday

Passing

It read, “The dead know nothing the living won’t find out sooner or later.”And you sure don’t envy them, she … More

#Death, #Doctors, #Work, #WriterTuesday

A Booking

An old man, a strange one, people said, ran the tiny bookstore that had withstood the covid test. You may … More

#Criminals, #Death, #WriterMonday

The Long Grass

I touch him carefully and wait. Nothing happens. I lay my hand on him, stroke him. This perks him up … More

#Death, #life, #LovedOnes, #WriterFriday, #Yardwork

Heavy Sleeper

“I’ve had to talk to you about this too many times, David,” she said. “I’m sorry, but you’re fired.” Mrs. … More

#Death, #FathersandDaughters, #HusbandsandWives, #Love, #WriterThursday

Front

It read, “The dead know nothing the living won’t find out sooner or later.”And you sure don’t envy them, she … More

#Death, #Work, #WriterTuesday

Passed

Someday, the old man thought, when I’m very old, someday whenthe migrating Red Teals soar southward over good old Milwaukeeheading … More

#Age, #Death, #Sports, #WriterThursday

Gift

Now he saw their relationship in the way stakeholder analysis works,wished he’d thought more about this deal when they first … More

#Death, #Love, #Romance, #WriterWednesday

Recognition

Dreaming, he recollected the building as his old high school.Floating on air, he was transported into a classroom there.On the … More

#Death, #Education, #life, #WriterFriday

Adaptation

When I was 21 and tired of school, tired of anger, and sick of hurting,at Fisherman’s Wharf, I watched ships … More

#Changes, #Death, #life, #WriterTuesday

New Old Dog (I’m still struggling)

For one, you were a sleight-of-hand magician,and I still haven’t figured out all of the tricks youpulled, a tribute to … More

#Death, #FathersandSons, #life, #Time, #WriterWednesday

The Ghosts of Christmas Past

I lie and watch TV on Christmas Day with no desire,really, to glean anything of value from it, not understandinghalf … More

#Christmas, #Death, #family, #Friends, #life, #Time, #WriterSunday

Christmas Now He’s Gone

It’s blinding, the kind of pain that comes with the rains,up here, this time of year, lots of work for … More

#Death, #FathersandSons, #WriterSaturday

Passing On

About a year before it happened, when we were talking about his memoir,he told me he was “feeling a little … More

#Death, #JimHarstadJamesHarstadJamesR.HarstadUniversityHighUniversityLabSchoolJr.BowAlumniHonoluluHawaii, #OnWriting, #Students, #Teachers, #WriterFriday

PTSD

I dream of my father today, the Battle of the Bulge,begun on this date in 1944, the fiercest European Theaterengagement … More

#Death, #Fathers, #War, #WriterFriday

For the Future

Right now, we’re on a South Korean island, Jeju,sitting in what China calls the East China Sea,and what the Koreans, … More

#Death, #Korea, #life, #Travel, #WriterSaturday

Not So Sweet

We five have known each other more than 30 years.Post-pandemic, we meet for coffee, jokingthat we’ve become the senior citizens … More

#Death, #friendship, #WriterWednesday

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