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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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Tag: #WriterSaturday

My brother Sangtiennoi not being there

A manwho has sweated many timesin his fighting careersays blood is only red sweat But nothing hurts morethan a mentorin … More

#WriterSaturday, #Death, #Love, #friendship

On the Beach

A steeple dynasty palm grows its spiked shadow umbrellaover sand’s losing battle, washed out by thin skimming water. They scatter, … More

#Death, #life, #WriterSaturday

Chapter 28: Killer Love

Sung-min Kwon knew that there was a difference between thinking you’re in love and knowing it. Back in Korea, growing … More

#HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #WriterSaturday

Chapter 22: A Son’s Revenge

Kang Yu’s second-in-command approached Sung-min while he practiced throwing his knives on the edge of the pistol firing range. “That’s … More

#HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #WriterSaturday

Chapter 16: Gi Yu and David Chan

As he rode the escalator down from the second floor, David Chan imagined what all he might do to one … More

#HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #WriterSaturday

Running in the Dark

I watch the Midwest-style lightningjags rip from heaven to the ground,the lake ice exploding with the impact. Slipping on my … More

#Danger, #Weather, #Wisconsin, #WriterSaturday

what impressions were

a sound slight as breathstill the cold touch of lamplight on white snowthose thick linesa brow furrowedeyes of white hairthink your … More

#Death, #Love, #OnWriting, #WriterSaturday

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

geography of days

now we found us at the shorelook back but can’t turnsubject of our footprintsfood for some godwade in and breaststrokememories … More

#Aging, #WriterSaturday

The Son Rises

“And why now this time?” asked Kang Yu. “It just is time, father. The business thrives now like it never … More

#HawaiiCrimeFiction, #LieutenantDavidChanMystery, #WriterSaturday

Wellspring

In every family there is one central soul,the energetic heart that pumps life blood to all,the bond of it all … More

#Death, #Family, #life, #WriterSaturday

The Final Movement

Our father says the sound is loud enough to wake the dead. The music is alive tonight in infinite weathered … More

#life, #Music, #Weather, #WriterSaturday

Close

We sit on the runway at O’Hare awaiting takeoff, Madison our destination. I always try to break the ice with … More

#Childhood, #WriterSaturday, Coincidence, Law, Siblings, Work

Buried Love

Sally Anuhea was an avid newspaper reader. Even as she aged, she kept loyal to a print copy, although the … More

#Aging, #Relationships, #Time, #WriterSaturday

All Done Online

“I hope you have a great time in Korea,” I say to him.  “I’ve always wanted to go there, but … More

#Jobs, #WriterSaturday

Time Was Money

There was no escape. Time and tide, they say, but collectors are the same in that respect. They do not … More

#Aging, #Bills, #Birds, #WriterSaturday

Two Alike

It had been a while. She sat there like a little jewel, the sun sparkling on her back when he … More

#Love, #Relationships, #WriterSaturday

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

#Costs, #Money, #Romance, #Work, #WriterSaturday

Ride

My thumb, I look at it, pointed on in the direction I’m headed,that famous destination of a’ways down the road … More

#Cars, #Strangers, #Travel, #WriterSaturday

Tradition

His body was given for me, he thought, kept hearing it overand over while he watched the walk along the … More

#FathersandSons, #Religion, #WriterSaturday

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