For us, two hells might await us at the end of our existence. One is to be consumed in fire. … More
Tag: #Death
A Book of Hours
My legs go numb standing thereGrasping the wooden edges to hold meSo long that the usher behind meClears his throat … More
Echoes
Climbing Yellow MountainWe take our turnsShout outThis place famous for echoesHow long will our “Hello”sLast?I manageA solid bellowVoice of an … More
Life Cycle
When I was a kid in HonoluluEvery funeral in town it seemedInvolved a huge motorcadeThat moved by in slow motion … More
I Would Die for You
My love for you is a little likeA red, red rose — and moreIt’s a tornado in my brainEverything whirling … More
Lesson
Someone far away speaks somethingClutching the eagle-taloned lecternBird of prey perched upon ball of earthMinistering to us down hereLooking downMy … More
Living Ghosts
Are always more spookyThan the dead onesThe ones who are church serviceSealed and deliveredTo the great beyond Still breathingThese hang … More
The Autumn of Leaves
I’d rake autumn leaves on Barton Streethuge mounds when it was legalTo burn the red and yellow remnantsOf those hibernating … More
Memory Word
I wait a long timeBut it’s only quietFor a last wordA stone carvingKneeling silenceRust in the rainNo heart creaks joyThe … More
Look Up
New York is a stare-up cityI stand awed all over againThe tallest buildings jammedA million odds-on calculated gamblesOf engineering and … More
Note to Self
I believe every story has two endingsThe first once I’ve read itThose images swirling in my mindWords and echoed lines … More
Down the darkened hall I see
a distant little door before whichyour message sits, like you, I wonder,waiting. The journey from herewill take an hour, from there … More
Walk to a Dreamless Sleep
Just before you sleepYou may hearThe road you’ve wound downTalk to youTell you the tale of your stepsHow it’s heard … More
My brother Sangtiennoi not being there
A manwho has sweated many timesin his fighting careersays blood is only red sweat But nothing hurts morethan a mentorin … More
On the Beach
A steeple dynasty palm grows its spiked shadow umbrellaover sand’s losing battle, washed out by thin skimming water. They scatter, … More
what impressions were
a sound slight as breathstill the cold touch of lamplight on white snowthose thick linesa brow furrowedeyes of white hairthink your … More
My Last Wife
It was gold and bigger than a bread box,my birthday gift topped with a red velvet bow,and I was amused … More
your letters
these lettersyour hand writesyour handwriting is all curious curlicuesas if a right-handed calligrapherwrites them with his left footas if a … More
How The One Defeats The Other
It’s the best kind because it’s TV advice.The Other seeks something of valueand kills, using his martial arts expertise,everyone standing … More
Glasses, November 24, 2021
We didn’t pass, I thought, when I was what, getting new glasses,so I didn’t see you, pretty sure, out the … More
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