The missing money may have gone to a local farmacia to buy medicine for an ailing loved-one, to a salami and provolone cheese sandwich to quiet a cranky stomach, to…

Go big brother’s closet, hem up his old pants, try his old shoes… and see if da stripe shirt still fit. Pau. “Good enough,” Mother tell. Sometimes I get one…

I looked over at the truck next to me as we rolled side by side along Highway 11. Your Hawaiian good looks stunned me with your brown skin, black hair…

The eldest child of Polish immigrants, she spoke only Polish until first grade, where everybody else spoke English. The experience made her relationship with the language she would use all…

Most don’t want to hear Not at all Some kind of religious music Playing everyday She’s slouched there Her old cassette Smoking cigarettes Taking their donations Nicotine stained fingers Sagged…

August is upon us, and it’s getting hot, hot, hot. As good a time to write as any. This month you can write a haiku or a piece that is…

My fahdah was born in China. Ah Goong came to Hawaii first, den he sent fo his wife, Ah Po, and numbah one son, my fahdah. I donno when my…

The early morning air washes cool against my cheeks as I step out for a run. All was quiet in my Sacramento neighborhood except for the steady drone of commuters…

I did not want to fall in love with you At most pursued a quick short-lived affair Wronged have I been before and sure anew I’d rather sidestep agonizing care…

When we ended, I could: Leave work early, once a week. Drive to Dillingham Shopping Center. Park in front of Savers, where Micronesian women shopped and Filipino sales clerks chatted…