We Plant Seeds
Inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem– We Real Cool In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize. We … Continue reading We Plant Seeds
Inspired by Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem– We Real Cool In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African-American to win the Pulitzer Prize. We … Continue reading We Plant Seeds
Shrouded in a volcanic smog, aboard a captain’s gig, the anchor is lowered as we gently roll atop the salty … Continue reading VOG Fishing
It is perpetual summer here. The Hawaiian white gardenia diverts my attention and pulls me close. I shut my eyes … Continue reading Floral Trail
It was pitch black, the movie projector’s fan hummed, as Moving pictures flickered to a faraway place And other lives, … Continue reading An Educational Movie
We sweat like slaves chained in the hold of a ship, eyeballing the clock for the same even number, panting … Continue reading Elementary Passage
Lefties walk our own way down the left side of the path. We look left first to cross the street … Continue reading Lefties
Aerobics Class In the beginning, There were floor-to-ceiling mirrors and a suspended wooden floor covered with thick blue mats. The … Continue reading (Remembering the 70’s & 80’s)
Remember COVID It’s six years later, and I’m still loopy, not Lupe Two anesthesiologists visited my bedside One was short … Continue reading A Totally New Hip
I breathlessly snort thick green tree pollen during the first fifteen-minute uphill climb it floods behind my red, itchy eyes, … Continue reading Hiking with My Tribe
It is pau hana time voices blanket the valley. Feral chickens roost in red-berried octopus trees. Sultry trades whisper to … Continue reading Hawaiian Nights
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