Ode To Housework

Here’s to the broom, the mop, and the spongesThe cloths, the sprays, and the toilet bowl brushesTools of the exercise … More

This We’ll Sell

I ask why she’s visiting Hawai‘i, and she tells me it’s to see her brotherHe’s stationed at Fort Shafter and … More

Ode To Farming

A Hawai‘i boy spends an autumn weekend farming in WisconsinReplaces fence posts, pulls tree stumps using chains and a tractorCuts … More

Habit

Not this time. No. I’m done with all of that. I watched. Closely. I always do when I sit in … More

Trap

“What do you mean, you give up?” “I’m telling you, it’s not what I expected. It’s too hard.” “When you … More

Hawai’i Ties

Oh, said Mr. Souza, as he closed the bathroom door. Please do remember to lower the seat. The women who … More

A Quickening

My night had passed me moving as slow painDressed all in my rose Sunday best I left up the empty … More

Like a New Year’s Resolution

You replace a faucet set on one of your sinks, the old one having ceased to function. How many times … More

What’s in a Name?

         His parents had met at an estate auction, and it had been love at first sight. Both were passionate antique … More

Toward a Better End

He rarely restedHardly treadedSwam forwardPushing throughA thickening waterWearing out his arms and legsWeaving through uneven lanesCurve and swerveInching aheadTo touch … More

The End of It All

Jacob Sugai sat glassy-eyed, his cold hands folded and resting on the deep green desk blotter. He’d been first into … More

Passing

It read, “The dead know nothing the living won’t find out sooner or later.”And you sure don’t envy them, she … More

The Filmmaker

He’d switched from champagne to beer. He’d disappeared from the reception down in the main ballroom, and I’d decided to … More

Dream Dream Dream

Seen it.  Seen it.  Yeah.  Seen it.  Seen it.  Oh, man. Seen it.  Seen it.  Geez. Oh, hey, how’s it … More

Figuring

“I will travel more as I’m able to do so,” Lehua said to herself. It was like a mantra some … More

Buyer Beware

I’ve sold everything from houses in Kāhala to potato peelers and vacuum cleaners.  You saw Lucille Ball as a saleswoman tossing … More

Front

It read, “The dead know nothing the living won’t find out sooner or later.”And you sure don’t envy them, she … More

Disillusion

After all, once you’ve discovered something that’s important enough,learned all about a subject that eventually shapes your entire world,found a … More

Hope

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

Lifesaver

He’d joined on the Daegu because his uncle captained that long-line vessel.It was grueling work, worse his stomach betrayed him … More