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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 hou.

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Tag: #Memory

Don’t forget the lyrics to this song

It’s not just now; it’s been this way all my lifeSome mental disorder I only overcame by recitingLyrics until they … More

#Memory, #Music, #WriterSunday

Remarkable

Her hand grips mine for the first timeand the dream becomes real. I bet she says, I’m the one you’ll … More

#Aging, #Love, #Memory, #WriterSunday

No Game

The way old people misplace their memories,and sometimes the younger ones, too,it’s a game of hide with no seek,where the … More

#Aging, #Memory, #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

Some Legend

A revered professor.  From our days of college pressures and living free, before the world you know tries its level … More

#Discovery, #Education, #Memory, #Teachers, #WriterMonday

Hope

Memorization came easily for her, and at her first awarenessof this, she assumed everyone had been born equally able.As she … More

#Memory, #School, #Work, #WriterThursday, Ability, Talent

The Boy Who Stayed

My strongest wish – I’ve never thought so hard about it –this first day of the New Year, 2023, the … More

#Love, #Memory, #Time, #WriterSunday, #Youth

It’s possible I forgot to get married today

The text messages and the voice mails piled up.Are still coming.These guys stay open late.If it were letters, my mailbox … More

#Marriage, #Memory, #WriterSaturday

I’m No Astronomer

I’m No Astronomer I don’t know if this is scientifically accurate,but the whole thing bugs me along these lines.Today I … More

#life, #Memory, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterSunday

Not Everything Is Broken

If I were Bob Dylan, I could tell you everything that’s broken.If you know that song, you know his list is … More

#Memory, #Music, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterSaturday

What Is Your Favorite Color?

I often remember who I am, and I recall past events,both recent and distant, with a fair degree of accuracy.If … More

#Computers, #Memory, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterTuesday

The Last Time

Mr. Fujimoto wheeled his gray trash bin to the curb and dropped it at the edge. Pausing, he looked down … More

#HusbandsandWives, #Memory, #StoriesfromHawaii, #Time, #WriterTuesday

Never Fear

I’m at the age where nostalgia’s candleburns bright.The yearning for something from the pastcan beunbearable at times,the bursting chest and … More

#life, #Memory, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterSaturday, Aging

I Am Leaving, I Am Leaving

When he awoke, he saw that someone had stolen his pants.He knew that someone would come during the nightto break … More

#Memory, #ParentsandChildren, #PoemsFromHawaii, Writer Thursday

Lost

I’m hunting once more, roaming the mysterious interior,farther and farther into the forest of memory, the thicket of heart,traipsing around … More

#Memory, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterWednesday

Too Far Gone

I could not go with you lost on that trail you and me crocuses and cacti fields of yellow daffodils … More

#Love, #Memory, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterTuesday

The Stuff of Dreams

The first time I traveled there, a lengthy journeyall the way from Hawai‘i, I was alreadyan old man, had long … More

#Animals, #Memory, #PoemsFromHawaii, #Scotland, #Travel, #WriterMonday, Aging

The Holy One

Hey!  What are you looking at?  Are you looking at me?  Well, it sure seems like it.  Not that I’m the only one here, … More

#CharacterSketch, #FlashFictionFeb, #friendship, #Memory, #ShortStory, #WriterThursday

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