Hawai‘i Literature & Art
— Since 1978 —
I’m four years old, surrounded by my father’s family for the first time. Their sun-leathered skin confined by starched cotton clothes, brown eyes jumping all over me, land hard on…
One summer I towed a Citroen 2CV From Hamburg to Copenhagen Using two silk neckties as rope Connecting it To the Dutch bicycle I rode. It was faster And more…
Nursing my beer at the Shack in Mililani, watching Quiet screens with lost men chasing balls As lost as the men sipping beer in the half-light Unsuccessfully trying to bury…
Okay, Happy Valentine’s Day in advance. I love you all. This month how about 50 words max. Sounds good to me. Here are some prompts you can use or not;…
One thing about owning an old car is that it gives you a good excuse to spend hours poking around wrecking yards, archaeological sites of great interest and value as…
Distant feral squeals. Backyard dogs losing their minds. PAH! The rice pau cook.
Okay, so when you go up, Face the curtain on the left You know when you walk in? So the holes face the audience So the sound project To the…
Dust, the deterioration, Blooms allergy, A gnawing scratch of an unfolding A slight itch, a runny nose The ache in the back And soon to knees it goes The inflammation of…
Who are we? the ultimate conundrum comprised of 90 percent star dust hydrogen carbon nitrogen oxygen iron sulfur dust from dying exploding stars a complex biological machine topped by an…
New Year I am not Japanese most of the year. I throw my head back and laugh loud from my belly. I wear kalakoa clothes. But come the New Year,…