End of Session

None of our tough questions get answeredHard heads and tight lips and red facesHiding truths under armor cracks of brief … More

Off Script

Some song about what goes on under the coversI’ve never experienced quite the same frantic anticsAs seen on TV or … More

The Man Who Mourned Twice (Part One)

When he had to put Kalo to sleep, he cried all the way to the vet.  She’d been his sole … More

Hang Up

It’s amazing how the internet white pagesList cell and landline numbers going back ages I would try the most recent … More

Seen and Unseen

I see the clouds come floating inFrom the northwest this morning The weather forecast is for showersThis afternoon and strengthening … 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

Time’s Slow Fade

That former love’s words recalled moreIn bits and pieces like lyricsOf a song recalled less and lessHer face shimmers further … More

Provided I wake up tomorrow

Kicking and screaming I grieveAs I attack minimum payments posted to me in BordeauWine colored run on sheets of slice … More

How I Grew

I remember the photo shootOnly because it’s burned in my brainFrom daily seeing myself posed in the frameDressed in little … More

Re: LAX

One night flying home from ArgentinaI suffered an unavoidable layover in LAXArriving at 8:00 p.m. exhaustedMy connecting flight to HonoluluWould … More

Escaping the Tree

In my dream, I told Kimo and Alta to stay put.  If that crying was the cat calling out, then … More

Going Up

Given his age and athletic build, I wondered if I could keep up with my guide.  But I needn’t have worried … More

A Guide

Frustratingly, however, I could see the big cat lurking above me every time I tried to turn back upward.  What this … More

There Went the Neighborhood

It is a large party. My neighborhood is a quiet one. Usually. But tonight valet parkers – valet parkers — … More

All Out

He stares expectantlyI knocked, I sayThe dealer’s gaze remains the sameI say, I’m knocking nowEyes on me, he still waitsHis … More

Rising Star

Christopher Kalama was gifted. A Mozart, some people said. At three, he picked up his father’s ‘ukulele. It looked like … More

To Reconnect

As the song goes, “They say that Maui nō ka ‘oi, and I agree.” Once upon a time, when he … More

The Tab

“Well do you or don’t you?” she asked He drummed his fingers on the table but said nothing. Staring out … More

Rock of Ages

You remember that Carly Simon song, “There’s Always Someone Haunting Someone”? I suppose she could be talking about actual ghosts, … More

The Last One

The bud, pristine, sat there unopened.       If you talk to plants, they’re supposed to hear you.  That’s what Helen … More