Triggers for October: 1. what are you thinking right now? — From “After Words,” by Stuart Coleman 2. finally it was time for the celebration –From “Godoy,” by Walter Hiroichi Higa 3. I want to stop her from growing — From “Skin to Skin,” by Peggy Hong 4. what did you know about love? —…

Triggers for October: 1. he was so proud wen he brought um home — From “Da Glove,” by Eric Chock 2. it was somewhat scary, but exciting, and it didn’t take long to learn what to do — From “Rainbows Under Water,” by John Dominis Holt 3. once I tawt dat I would try do…

Congratulations to Normie Salvador, an August winner in The Great BR Year of the Snake Writing Contest. Normie won 10 Bamboo Bucks to spend in the online store. Here’s the award won: Da mos Scary but Funny Award “The New Gravekeeper Is Made Welcome,” by Normie Salvador http://www.bambooridge.com/bambooshoot.aspx?bid=1466 Congratulations! And keep on entering the contest…

September! This month, the limit is again, no limit — as many or as few words as you would like to write. The triggers for this month are lines taken from the following two texts. Find them here: Issue Number 70, MORE KAUAʻI TALES, by Frederick B. Wichmann Issue Number 71, OUTSPEAKS: A RHAPSODY, by…

From BR #70: Triggers for September: 1. then there would be much laughter 2. we have no strength left 3. the night was the longest 4. I did not see them 5. a little angry and a little frightened 6. his bitterness knew no end 7. we need to know more 8. what is she…

Triggers for September: 1. fast relief from pain 2. you know it can’t hurt you 3. an unsafe place to be 4. each small piece of me 5. like shifting into overdrive 6. so fearless 7. nothing but compassionate 8. no more seconds minutes hours days weeks years From “IF NOT CIVILIZATION THEN WHAT”: I…

August already, and our contest enters its fourth year. This month, the limit is again, no limit — as many or as few words as you would like to write. The triggers for this month are lines taken from the following two texts. Find them here: Issue Number 67/68, OUTCRY FROM THE INFERNO: ATOMIC BOMB…

From Issue 67/68:           “For the past twelve centuries, the Japanese people have expressed their intense pent-up emotions in tanka, one of the most unique and shortest forms of poetic expression in the world. Most Japanese samurai wrote jisei (deathbed tanka) at the site of their hara-kiri. It was natural for many hibakusha to write taka…

From “Kona Glitter, 1964: A Ghost Story,” by Kobai Scott Whitney . . .           For the life of me, I can’t remember what word we used for “hunk”in 1964. It seems to me that hunk did not appear until the 70s or 80s and that the girls of Kona Waena High in 1964 must have…

July, she will fly : ) The Great BR Writing Contest is 3 years old this month. This month, the word limit is . . . uh . . . unlimited : ) That’s right, as many words as you want, but remember to put in your word count. The triggers for this month are…