We come back day after daySearching for someone to holdWhen others walk away in loveWill we be here passing our … More
Tag: #WriterThursday
Some London Aloha
My sister and I are headed for the Royal Observatory, and we’ve decided to take a ride on the Thames … More
Abstract (Concrete Plagiarism)
Okay, I see the title of this one is Air Force Research Laboratory, Aero-Effects Laboratory optical metrology system and performance. … More
Far To Go
Kidnapped and blindfolded, I’m dumped in an unknown part of town.Sitting on the asphalt, I remember it’s Christmas Eve and … More
And Found
We walk hand-in-hand down a green grass path. I see the undersides of overhead leaves. They are a deep brown, … More
If a Chapel Bell Rings in Space
I waited, breath bated, in anticipation and trepidation,the tenterhooks rubbing my flesh a delightfully reddish hue.Headen for a wed’n, I … More
To See What He Had Seen — Part Fifteen
A few more reports had been filed by parents whose sons had gone missing. Four more victims had been identified. All five … More
To See What He Had Seen — Part Twelve
Jason Yu was at a loss about what to do. He sat listless in his warehouse. Kevin Won walked in, interrupting Yu’s … More
Mask Up
Today I wore long pants for the first time since I flew home from Egypt in February 2020.That would be … More
To See What He Had Seen — Part Two
Chan and Yamamoto sat across from one another at their desks. Chan, bleary-eyed, watched his partner munch on a donut. Taking … More
Blue Mounds
We are walking the area called Blue Moundsjust outside of Madison, on a sunny summer day.It’s another picnic, she loves … More
The Night I Proposed
The band, two guys on guitar, and the female singer, played four nights a week, and I came to hear … More
A Maze
It’s good for a local island boy to see life from somewhere else once in a while. Madison was an … More
Going Pro
By the time she was twelve, she’d risen to the top of the amateur circuit here in Hawai‘i. Her parents, … More
Laundry Lines
My mom calls out from the kitchen window, telling me to hurry and bring in the clothes drying on the … More
Icarus, Move Over
The pink plumeria tree still stands there. I can see it from my patio. More than twice its height at … More
Peace
I stood by until after the crew had filled in the hole, a fresh mound of earth rounded over them. … More
No Time for Sunshine
I’d love to write a poem affirming truth, and love, and constancy, extolling the happily ever after we all seek … More
11:11
I glance at the clock, and it’s 11:10, one minute shy of that best moment of our lives. On the … More
Food Glorious Food
If you were ever told that there were starving children somewhere who would be ecstatic to eat your unwanted food, … More
