Hawai‘i Literature & Art
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Congratulations to the November winners in The Great BR Fishing & Wishing 100 – 100 Contest. They've won $10 Bamboo Bucks that they can redeem at the Bamboo Ridge online store. Listed below are the November winners along with the awards they've won: Da mos What You Wish You Nevah Knew Now, That You Nevah…
Poem for Kaho`olawe by Tammy Laborte, Grade 4 Kaho`olawe is quiet as the sun on it as the wind whipers to the island well you rest you think Untitled by Allen Darisay, Grade 4 Kaho`olawe is now the place to bomb Hawaiians Where Does It All Lead To by Kihei 1. Our ancestors…
To Buddy, on the Edge by Dean H. Honma Buddy calls the other day tells me, “got some good deals, brah,” says the bay won't break again till September, and the south “got too much haoles.” He wants us to fly over, pick up a few deals and bring him Honolulu on the way…
The December writing theme choices — with the exception of the last one — are inspired by BR issues #19 and #20. Note: For further creative inspiration, if you’d like to read the pieces used for the theme choices, you can find them here: “Riding the North Point Ferry,” by Wing Tek Lum “A Visitor…
A Visitor from Alaska by Ben Asakura The first time I saw it was on a very warm Saturday afternoon in September, perhaps in 1974. Our foursome was walking single file on the path leading from the first green to the distant second tee at the Wailua Golf Course, pulling our golf carts behind…
Riding the North Point Ferry by Wing Tek Lum Wrinkles: like valleys etched by glaciers lumbering coarse and deliberate, random traces pointing to that vast, dark sea. The skin is an ochre of old corn, with splotches of burnt embers from a summer of mountain fires. The brown from a lifetime of tea or…
Aloha to all of you. I hope you all have your Thanksgiving plans in action. Don't forget to double-check your lists. I always seem to forget something, or, more likely, I think I already have it, but while I'm cooking I go to get it, and I don't have it, so I have to go…
Congratulations to all the October winners in The Great BR Fishing & Wishing 100 – 100 Contest. They’ve each won 10 Bamboo Bucks they can redeem in the BR online store. Here are all the October winners and the names of the awards they’ve won: Da mos Sometimes I Wish My Sistah Was One Puppy…
The November writing theme choices — with the exception of the last two — are inspired by BR issues #17 and #18. Note: For further creative inspiration, if you'd like to read the pieces used for the theme choices, you can find them here: “Watching Fire,” by Mary Wakayama “Nostalgia,” by Ty Pak So I…
Boo! Happy Halloween to all of you friends and supporters of BAMBOO RIDGE. I hope you've cut up your pumpkins, saved some candy for the kiddies, and put in your entries for the October edition of The Great BR Fishing & Wishing 100 – 100 Contest. DEADline (pretty spooky) is 2:00 p.m. HST. Just a…