Ft. Shafter Ladies

Pacific golden plovers Do a hopscotch dance, Parade on dense fairways through sprinklers advance. Stalked by a female tribe swinging … Continue reading Ft. Shafter Ladies

Poetry

Wild Catch

It was hot again that night, on an isle of sea and sand. A small wild girl sat fishing, scraped … Continue reading Wild Catch

Poetry

Da Cockroach Times—February 20th, 2009

A cockroach militia lives underground in my plumbing. Peeking at me from behind drain stops, waiting for the last light … Continue reading Da Cockroach Times—February 20th, 2009

Poetry

The Legend of Paka and Noe

Noe, Noe, Noe, his piercing cry, bursts out in the tranquil nightThe male bullfrog jug-o’-rums near the pond. He is half … Continue reading The Legend of Paka and Noe

Poetry

Tutu Pele

heats the earth beneath Kilauea discerning the Nene foraging for food between the black and gold lava flows hardened by decades … Continue reading Tutu Pele

Poetry

Traces

Plant an ohia seed crack a lava ribbon. … Sail the Pacific, greet the kohola. … Pedal with the wind, … Continue reading Traces

Poetry

The Peafowl

lands undetected on our back lanai atop the railing. Until its cry penetrates the still night with a raucous refrain. … Continue reading The Peafowl

Poetry

SLAMMED

My heart in love’s door bloodied and bruised it swelled on the other side of a reckoning exacted its price … Continue reading SLAMMED

Poetry

Speaking French

2013 Rain Bird Kolokolea award for Poetry, Windward Community College, Kaneohe, Hawaii I long to wrap my song around your … Continue reading Speaking French

Poetry

Toad Maneuvers

Night falls. The air is stagnant soaked with white gardenia, pungent stephanotis. A thin stream of water fountains into a … Continue reading Toad Maneuvers