Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rabbit -- October Contest
Dream Beneath the Desert Sky
I’ll show you a place high on a desert plain Where the streets have no name –U2 Cactus scattered on barren land, twisted by heat…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Pig
Among the Del Norte Redwoods
I stand at the base of a venerable redwood, Put my hand on its rough, knowing skin. I feel I have to. I cannot say why. Shafts of sunlight pour…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Pig
NIghtmare
Moonlight trembles in silvered pools on the grass, and we are dancing. I didn’t know you could waltz, you murmur; I didn’t know either. It is a slow melody, and…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Pig
She Spoke First
She spoke first. Actually, he was relieved. The silence between them had been long and awkward. He noted the soft murmuring of voices from neighboring tables, the occasional clink of…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ram
Falling Sky
Some days on the road that fall I felt like we were all kidnap victims, my father some desperate outlaw trying to get us as far away from the scene…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ram
He Wonders What It Will Take
I was hard on toys,” she says. “Especially dolls and teddy bears. The things that matter most to me . . . I’ve never trusted they would last.” She swirls…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for 100Words
Gullible Travels
100 word entry. Theme: Small Kid Time. Nah, I think I am so gullible these days.
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Fishing100
Hiking to Kaliuwa‘a in the Late Afternoon
I'm still sitting still.
100-100 contest entry for May. 100 words. Theme: Communion (though Sacred Falls has always been a kind of shrine to me also.)
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Fishing100
Changing Lanes
100 lines, 1656 words, #2 theme: Ass Why Hard
I'm happy to say that I have a more reliable car now, and no holes in my teeth. So, obviously, this piece is total, 100% fiction, right?
Bamboo Shoots Submission for 100Words
Uncle Noah Joins Them for a Beer
I hope Uncle Noah stay watching me. A Bamboo Shoots 100-word story entry.
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