Hawai‘i Literature & Art
— Since 1978 —
When I started getting interested in girls, I used to go bananas over the chicks in my school but could never seem to score any of them. I’d watch movies every night and study how the guys on TV would always pick up the chicks. They made it look so easy. I tried some of…
If we hike up the mountain far enough, You and I will discover the shipwrecks, The beautiful grottoes where orchids Have grown in the boneyards. From “Hiking by Moonlight,” by Tino Ramirez, Bamboo Ridge, The Hawaii Writers’ Quarterly, No. 1, December 1978, New Moon (https://dspace.lib.hawaii.edu/handle/10790/5207) * * * * * There was a clock on…
Ho was tough. I tell you da judges was cogitating long time ova many beahs, an finally dey killed one 12-pack, an finally one more 12-pack before dey figgah out get one tie. Yeah! Fo real. WoooHooo, two awards. Congrats to Joy Gold and Darrell Lum. You know da drill. You each won 10 Bamboo…
Holy Moly, I got so caught up planting da new medical marijuana patch in back a da Bamboo Ridge supah secret headquatahs, I totally forgot Monday’s writing prompt. Geez, I wondah if medical marijuana as good as da ole days pre-medical marijuana? Eric and Darrell said it was okay, so long as I only use…
Just another mellow Monday ova here in da Bamboo Ridge Press supah secret headquatahs. No mo noting stirring. Not even a mongoose. Jes Eric and Darrell playing Mahjong an singing some high-school alma maters from aroun da State. I can see da Bamboo Buck tree out da window in da back a da cave. Get…
Whoa! Weird! Yestahday I couldn’t reach dis site. I tought somebody stole um. I was gonna call da intahnet cops. But now no need. Ho! What a plop plop fizz fizz relief. Anyway, jes pretend you travelled back in time an dis is Monday. Sooooo, Bill an Ted Aloha #WriterMonday. You know what that means,…
Yeah yeah yeah, I know. It’s not Monday. But I canna let a whole week go by promptless, can I? Why waste da week? So here’s #WritingPrompt numero uno for September. So Nicholson is about to get his nose cut up. Prompts jumping into my brain: cutlery plastic surgery nosy people knifey people intimidation Eh,…
Ho! Was one photo finish dis mont (except for you, Lanning, keep trying, buddy. Maybe one a dese days). An when it came right down to it an we developed da picture, you, Joy Gold, won not jes one prize, but two. So guess what, Joy Gold? You win not jes 10 Bamboo Bucks, but…
Okay, here’s the last prompt for August. Some prompts that come to mind are patterns, routines, chickens, therapy, Freud, couches, cartoons, the “funny papers,” drawing, and taking notes. How about you? Any ideas? Go ahead a write a piece and then post it below as a contest entry. The August winner(s) will be announced the…
Aloha #WriterMonday to all of you. I hope you had a safe and productive weekend. This is Bamboo Shoots Monthly Writing Contest #WritingPrompt day, the third prompt of the month. You may recognize the gentleman in this photo, Weilin Wang, who famously stood in front of advancing Chinese military tanks during the Tiananmen Square protests….