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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: #HawaiiSonnets

The Taking of Medicine

Dave’s here from Wisconsin, and we’re swimming at Ala Moana Beach,despite the posted bright orange jellyfish warning signs.I’ve assured him … More

#2021AprilPADChallenge, #HawaiiSonnets, #Injuries, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Swimming, #WriterSunday

VI. Madness This Way

i.I don’t know if it was the auburn hair with golden highlights,or the bright red lipstick smile, the dashing scarf … More

#HawaiiSonnets, #Love, #Poetry, #Relationships, #WriterThursday, #WritingPrompt

IV. Mad City

Eventually we may all sort of maybe guess at whatour reviews were, what they might have said about usover the … More

#HawaiiSonnets, #Poetry, #WriterSunday, #WritingPrompt

III. Madison Bound

I charged into the heart of darkness, Madison at 2:00 a.m.,so ominous the way it looked like anywhere else, maybeeven … More

#Hawaii, #HawaiiSonnets, #Love, #WriterFriday, #WritingPrompt, Poetry, Relationships

II. To Escape Paradise

Walking backward now I watch myself, my face reversedin the mirrored glass.  I open it and turn the clock handsback to … More

#Hawaii, #HawaiiSonnets, #Poetry, #WriterMonday, #WritingPrompt

I. Trial

I think there was air, but I had trouble finding it,between talking with you and passing out, I madeshort exploratory … More

#HawaiiSonnets, #Love, #Poetry, #WriterSaturday, #WritingPrompt

Seeing Nearer

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

#HawaiiSonnets, #Love, #Poetry, #WriterThursday, #WritingPrompt, Aging

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

#Hawaii, #HawaiiSonnets, #Poetry, #WriterTuesday, #WritingPrompt, Aging

Secret Friends

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

#HawaiiSonnets, #Poetry, #WriterSunday, #WritingPrompt, Aging

out like a light

the bulb flickers dark to light to dark to lightlike a strobing spotlight making everything go slow-motion it’s twelve feet … More

#HawaiiSonnets, #Poetry, #WriterFriday, #WritingPrompt

Scene: Not To Be Heard

A big shout out to all those with shuttered dreamswho were in the plays, maybe breaking records,I mean broke, broke … More

#HawaiiSonnets, #Poetry, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

Wait Until Dark

I can taste the salt on my lips I lick with my tongueconstantly my lips chapping and peeling a littlefor … More

#HawaiiSonnets, #Poetry, #WriterMonday, #WritingPrompt

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

#HawaiiSonnets, #Poetry, #WriterThursday, #WritingPrompt, Aging

Volume to Zero

We don’t have to play this station anymorethe one with the sick twisted DJ of broken recordsthe shiny vinyl player … More

#HawaiiSonnets, #Poetry, #WriterTuesday, #WritingPrompt

World of War

Here’s a peace of Hawai‘ithat’s in a part of Honoluluwhere I breathe hanging bymy knees so Pauoa Valley’s a mountainand … More

#Hawaii, #HawaiiSonnets, #Poetry, #WriterSunday, #WritingPrompt

The Beach

After that fallI thought going to the beachby myselfwas a great way to escapefrom everything.  Almost, except, you know, it’s … More

#Hawaii, #HawaiiSonnets, #Poetry, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

House of Dreams (HS 155)

This morning we’re on a tour. I love the tidal pools,alive with multitudes of tiny fish and crabs, and, of … More

#Dreams, #HawaiiSonnets, #WriterThursday, #WritingPrompt

Crazy (HS 154)

Like a pendulum, I swing between insaneand not sitting down to write.Occasionally, when I’m sitting down crazy,I can still vividly … More

#HawaiiSonnets, #Insanity, #Wisconsin, #WriterWednesday, #WritingPrompt

Race Time (HS 153)

I fight Nazis and Japs, big plastic figures I buy with my allowance,colored gray and fleshy yellow, the Nips eyes … More

#Childhood, #HawaiiSonnets, #WriterTuesday, #WritingPrompt

The Real (HS 152)

You will know what real is when you ridethe dreams of smoke and updraft air, waves breakingon the breath of … More

#Dreams, #HawaiiSonnets, #WriterMonday, #WritingPrompt

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