That blade of grass there

the one with brown edges now, is the journeywork of a fading star, our cooling sun’s the one. Really in … More

Time Was

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

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

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

The Elgin Marbles have stood up well, true, not wasting much under the rude press of time, considering their grief … More

He jumps in his car and drives,from the Oakland docks, remember?and drives fastO, Death, Ralph Stanley,running round on a loop, … More

Vinyl was as good as dead, but it’s making a comeback.Like Lazarus, LPs have risen from the grave.The last time … More

What’s that you’re saying under your breath,a curse or a blessing for me, you’ve done both well.I’ve grown to known … More

Because there’s too much headwind whipping now,too much ocean motion for me to feel your ripples,finger skin tendered soft, how … More

I have been dreaming myself into stories again. These should be some of the quietest journeys I will ever take, … More

There is nowhere else to go, all the doors and windows are locked, so I sit here on the stairs, … More

She watched him every morning, very closely, waiting for something. He would sit slumped in his seat at the table. … More

They entered West Towne Mall and Mrs. Goodman gave great thanks for the warmth. It was officially the coldest winter on … More

I had to go back to the place on Maui where my father and I used to fish. Coming to … More

We were that amusement, some bright, shiny object,the birthday toy, the circus mobile spinning above the crib to mesmerizeor maybe … More

Sometimes I think I’ve becomethat man it’s said will never understand the boyeven though he has been that boybecause he’s … More

We’d all grown up together from small-kid time, most from age three or four, so far survived school, work, bad … More

on a map we scana pinpoint we missangel almost headeddance so finestuck too throughfound unfoundout the other sidelost, no, lost, … More

He fortifies himself against the cold journey ahead,this way too frigid life for a Kaua‘i boy,downing one last long sip … More

Stuck here at home, unable to see my family anymore,lying in bed at night I think, with short, shallow breaths … More