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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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Circus

As a child he’d attended the circus once, and once only.His parents, he imagined, must have seen it as a … More

#Animals, #ParentsandChildren, #Violence, #WriterMonday

To Grow

It was the conversation Mr. and Mrs. Kakesako had dreaded having. Well, the one they’d dreaded having would have been … More

#Grandparents, #Learning, #Love, #ParentsandChildren, #Prejudice, #WriterTuesday

This Old Piano

When I sit down on our piano bench, the piano nearly 60 years old now, I am comfortable enough. I … More

#Children, #Music, #ParentsandChildren, #Talent, #WriterSaturday

Conduct

We’d sit at stoplights and classical music would playon the public radio station to which she still donated.Again she’d begin … More

#Music, #ParentsandChildren, #WriterSaturday, Aging

Death Certificates

Kahi felt like an idiot. He’d seen this so many times on TV, read about it in stories. If you … More

#life, #ParentsandChildren, #WriterMonday

Reflections

Amazing how so much dust and grimecoat the surface of a wall mirror.Lying on the floor, I could easily see,but … More

#ParentsandChildren, #Time, #WriterWednesday

And Justice for Some

I stood there, frozen by what I was seeing. The woman, attempting to run out her front door, screamed for … More

#HusbandsandWives, #Law, #ParentsandChildren, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterSunday

No Peace

I see something sullen, a sort of smoldering angerin the face of the father. I understand he has losthis son … More

#ParentsandChildren, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterWednesday

Hard To Relate

I saw them on the sidewalk up ahead, a tall Haole guy, very fit, maybe six-feet two, in a tank-top … More

#ParentsandChildren, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterTuesday

Only Ifs

One moment I’m lying on the ground staring at the sky,writhing in pain because I’ve broken my ankle, desperate,air harder … More

#life, #ParentsandChildren, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterMonday

Stories of My Grandmother

Sometimes my maternal grandmother visits me,I’ll come awake gradually, know she’s sitting there,silent guardian at the foot of my bed, … More

#Grandparents, #ParentsandChildren, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterTuesday

Family Tree

I’m sleeping, I think; this has the vivid feeling of a dream.Before my house was rebuilt, a huge mango tree … More

#Dreams, #ParentsandChildren, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterThursday

No More Nice Things

Crayon and magic markers that never came off the walls;paint on the carpets and doors;knife and screwdriver carved furniture and … More

#Art, #ParentsandChildren, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterMonday

Land of English Only

I was born in a land of English speakers,where parents believed speaking Englishwas the key to success. My father was … More

#Education, #Grandparents, #Language, #ParentsandChildren, #PoemsFromHawaii, Writer Thursday

Sugar or Salt?

We sat opposite each other, each stirring coffee in thick white cups, trying to cool it off. “Cream,” I said.  “Cream … More

#Love, #Marriage, #ParentsandChildren, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterSunday

Dear Chris,

Thank you for your note letting me know you’d received the notice I sent.  It’s been a long time since we … More

#Love, #ParentsandChildren, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterSaturday

Walking That Way

Sadness sets in counting the steps, not looking up, not looking forward. Making your way there watching your feet move, … More

#Death, #ParentsandChildren, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterMonday, Aging

The Hunt

Over the course of the pandemic, Carl had lost both his mother and his father. He’d donated most of their … More

#ParentsandChildren, #StoriesfromHawaii, Loss, Searching

Auld Lang Syne

He wasn’t a mean man. The lack of emotion that everyone saw in him, was just that. He no longer … More

#Grandparents, #Loss, #ParentsandChildren, #StoriesfromHawaii, #WriterFriday, New Years

The Family Recipe

I’m not sure where all he learned how to do it, but my father was a master cook. In fact … More

#Cooking, #Food, #ParentsandChildren, #PoemsFromHawaii, #WriterTuesday

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