Old Criticism

The women were of all kinds so many stunning ones passed before me breathless water flowing round me rushing cool … More

The Alarm

He dreamed he grew up so empty he became a hollow echo of resoundingly resonant invisible soundlessness. Nothing he ever … More

the race is on to outrun the raindrops my feet beating the ground faster than they can fall my rhythmic … More

To say that you have nothing but time is an exercise in self-delusion. They tied a rag around his face … More

One day the poem is good, the story sound.The next day, Hmmm . . .One day it’s, Yeah, well.The next … More

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

I can’t remember when I stopped dreaming about flying. This recurred often, once a month or more. I would be … More

I see them pop up.It’s not really so unusual here.I imagine the dialogue, There, you say, no there.Yes, that’s it. … More

Hanging up, I thought then, at that instant,because I was absolutely sure, 19-year old certain,the world would be shot full … More

I teach composition at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.I choose to spend as little time in my office as … More

It begins like the sound of unlashing whipsunlicking a soulful retreata music akin to tap dancing on sandthis shore that … More

Winding and windingup to wound and bound tightas the tasks to grab all day’s promisescramp tension strapped up in rapt … More

It’s hard,the forever of never.I’d love to stay completely absorbed in the present,but I think of you now and then, … More

Quiet practice I considered a courtesy.The gesture of a considerate neighbor. The walls in this apartment complex are thin.Sometimes I … More

You appear to glide secret keeper of the third world swim beneath leaves scattered about the water’s surface second world … More

The thought is not to dwell in the past, or in the future,but to learn to live every moment in … More

I can’t see you. Not like before, when I knew for sure, you were right behind me, always there. I … More

Did we miss each other?If my watch could talk, hah!, it would saywhat? 12:05, 06. If I had a watch … More

Spring was watching for weeds to grow in the cracked concrete sidewalks,the dazzling pop of fresh green leaves all appearing … More

I would say or do anything to get out of this situation. Hey, I see clothes fluttering on the line … More