All I Need

A tableau of still spaceFloat outside of hoursI pet my dog and my catTherapeutic virtuesThe hushed three of usSoothing purring … More

About Time

No cajoling or encouraging necessarySilentSome say sinisterPlaying peep at meOld-time kids’ cardboard periscopeI don’t have to spyTo know you’re thereIf … More

The end of the carnival

The summer of Magic IslandFerris wheel and rollercoasterLoud laughter and faster lightsFading after closing timeStanding in the growing quietWaiting by … More

Back to Basics

Did you learn anything yesterday?I learned that notes of a songAre played like daisies being plucked along a path.I learned … More

Note to Self

I believe every story has two endingsThe first once I’ve read itThose images swirling in my mindWords and echoed lines … More

The journey

to the final falls at the river’s headbecomes more treacherousthe closer I come to getting there,the more slippery the terrain,boulders … More

The Accident of Age

We haunt yesterday’s bonfiresCozy after days of swimmingAnd miles of nature walksLearned every plant and treeWe’d seen for a million … More

The Toll of Travel

Near the trip end, a so long vacation of viewingtossed pasts like old glass broken to the bottomin blunted glitter … More

The Dark Is Stronger Than the Light Sometimes

Writing is stumbling through a dimly lit roomStubbing your toe on furnitureBanging into boxes to rummage throughGroping through drawersYour hands … More

On O‘ahu July 15 and 16, 2023 at 12:37 p.m.

Lahaina Noon can occur anywhereon earth should the sun pass overhead.In that moment it’s directly above you,you and nothing around … More

Learn Origami and Impress a Friend

Fold, unfold,reverse fold,run finger along crease,fold backwards,fold right upper right cornerhalfway toward left lower left corner,turn over,reverse fold,run fingeralong crease,fold … More

Confrontation (Part Five)

On his way up to football practice at Farrington that afternoon, Chris looked for Denise, but she wasn’t waiting on … More

Love’s Not

Some primal urge to break abandoned factory windows with stones in passing,or to break a companion’s heart with hard words … More

Chapter 32: Regrouping

The four men grabbed beers and sat down at a table in the private back room of the Blue Light … More

Destiny

You will create more dusting stars one day the plotter plots a scythe swoosh hovering over growing weeds will call, … More

Growing

I wish this shave ice would cool mefaster, and I’m glad for the shadeof this massive old monkeypod tree. We … More

Not Sorry

Every week we would receive a few cut-out albums,the ones with the notched corner and stickers sayingthey were not for … More

Personal Taste

sometimes I say too much onlyabout spaces sacred to me andforget the idea of the universaltruth and wholly applicable ideain … More

A Sound Poem

Bob claims a sound poem engages all five senses.You see it, hear it, touch it, smell it, taste it.Picture a … More

Pyramids in Oceans

When it’s going good, it’s like building a pyramid,hauling blocks and hoisting them in place,fitting each neatly into my construction,each … More