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A Portable Paradise And if I speak of Paradise, then I’m speaking of my grandmother who told me to carry it always on my person, concealed, so no one else would know but me. That… Continue Reading

From the Sustaining Air from the sustaining air fresh air There is the clarity of a shore And shadow,    mostly,    brilliance summer the billows of August When, wandering, I look from my page… Continue Reading

I Worried I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers flow in the right direction, will the earth turn as it was taught, and if not how shall I correct it? Was… Continue Reading

I Sing the Body Electric 1I sing the body electric,The armies of those I love engirth me and I engirth them,They will not let me off till I go with them, respond to them,And discorrupt… Continue Reading

Caged Bird A free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sun rays and dares to claim the sky. But… Continue Reading

For Mauna a Wākea It’s been 300 days since I first laid in your armsFirst felt the chill of your kiss on my skin You brought me to the thin line between life and deathBetween… Continue Reading

The Song of Despair The memory of you emerges from the night around me.The river mingles its stubborn lament with the sea. Deserted like the wharves at dawn.It is the hour of departure, oh deserted… Continue Reading

I Ask My Mother to Sing She begins, and my grandmother joins her.Mother and daughter sing like young girls.If my father were alive, he would playhis accordion and sway like a boat. I’ve never been… Continue Reading