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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: #WriterWednesday

Hit

This time he wrote the song about the break-up of his first marriage. The funny thing is, that was the … More

#Murder, #Music, #OnWriting, #Relationships, #WriterWednesday

Pursuit

The only way to get in there, she believed without question, was throughperforming good deeds, the living by and through … More

#gooddeeds, #life, #Religion, #WriterWednesday

Gift

Now he saw their relationship in the way stakeholder analysis works,wished he’d thought more about this deal when they first … More

#Death, #Love, #Romance, #WriterWednesday

Value

The work wasn’t easy, more like hard play. She wasa busy barista, true, and all of the manic franticnessof rush … More

#Beauty, #Love, #SelfImage, #Work, #WriterWednesday

My Ambitious Poem

When I woke up this morning, I wanted to write my first 1000 line poem.Ambitious, perhaps, but it’s been my … More

#Humor, #OnWriting, #Poetry, #WriterWednesday

New Old Dog (I’m still struggling)

For one, you were a sleight-of-hand magician,and I still haven’t figured out all of the tricks youpulled, a tribute to … More

#Death, #FathersandSons, #life, #Time, #WriterWednesday

A Little Advice

Trying to recall, I started counting when you said it,how many times you’d told me that before.“You should never do … More

#Childhood, #Games, #Marriage, #OldAge, #WriterWednesday

Job Description

(Please Note: My postings are always rough drafts. By the time you see them, I’ve sometimes made changes/corrections, maybe even … More

#Danger, #Fear, #Work, #WriterWednesday

Everything Is Connected

I sit listening to the ocean lap as the sun rises from the east,follow its crawl up the sky from … More

#Habits, #Korea, #Travel, #WriterWednesday

And this, too, is Paradise

Here in paradise they’ll paytake me to Hawai‘i neiHome of Diamond Headpearly shells from the oceanTourists negotiate the poornight and … More

#Hawaii, #Poverty, #Tourisim, #WriterWednesday

It’s Wednesday, it’s raining, and the dog needs to go out.

Billie – I’ll call her Billie – sings her soft blues now,not a bark or a howl, but a throaty, … More

#Animals, #Companionship, #Mystery, #WriterWednesday

Murder, He Dreamed

Ever feel like you should be on trial for something?With what we get away with over our life’s course,do you … More

#Dreams, #Humor, #WriterWednesday, Murder

Taste of the Place

We eat well on this tour, a different restaurant for most meals.The breakfasts included at each of our hotels provide … More

#Food, #Korea, #Travel, #WriterWednesday

Not So Sweet

We five have known each other more than 30 years.Post-pandemic, we meet for coffee, jokingthat we’ve become the senior citizens … More

#Death, #friendship, #WriterWednesday

That Other World

Darkness never bothered me, even as a kid.It’s what might be hiding there that’s worrying. My mother always told me … More

#Travel, #WriterWednesday

Hold On

We sit on swings, the canvass kind that conform to your butt,holding you snug, gripping you maybe a little too … More

#BreakingUp, #Love, #WriterWednesday

She Will

She asks me if I’ve taken out the trash yet,and because I haven’t, I don’t answer her. I continue watching … More

#Love, #Marriage, #WriterWednesday

Reflections

Amazing how so much dust and grimecoat the surface of a wall mirror.Lying on the floor, I could easily see,but … More

#ParentsandChildren, #Time, #WriterWednesday

A Little Death

For cutting and weeding there’s nothing I like morethan my small sickle, its 3-inch serrated bladeeasy to maneuver speedily with … More

#Gardening, #OldAge, #Tools, #WriterWednesday, #Yardwork, Memory

I Am, I Said

People can be such drive-by critics, those looking for value.But maybe I prefer that, not being seen, comparedto rubbernecking quick-stoppers … More

#Age, #OnWriting, #WriterWednesday

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