Bamboo Shoots Submission for April 2022 Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest
About time.
It was well past time. You knew. Months ago it tumbled from that top shelf, scattering silk flowers and spewing a wide swath of powdery paper crumbs. You rehomed the…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for April 2022 Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest
Hairstory
It lay on the floor, a lonely black hairpin in the bathroom stall unsure of its place. It did not leave the head of the Black woman, her head flowing…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for April 2022 Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest
A Long Way
Food and memories go a long way From fork to mouth to ties that transcend The passing of time, of life. Take papaya, soft-boiled eggs, and toast People find it…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for April 2022 Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest
Grand Jury First Circuit Court
I reported for GJ duty on Jan. 4, 2008 – about 195 people present with about 29 no shows. When announced that people could seek being excused about 20 people…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for April 2022 Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest
FULL FLOWER
Those lucky enough to own a 2022 Ansel Adams wall calendar open to April can view dogwoods blossoming copiously in bright spring rain above Tanaya Creek in 1950’s Yosemite. In…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for April 2022 Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest
Madison in My Blood
Tonight in the Madison Concourse Hotel, I know this place did not replace the Strand Theater, but a few steps from here, on the Square, something, a parking structure, an…
April’s for fools, some say it’s cruel, however you see it, here are the rules. We’ll go for 100 words minimum again. Again, prompts are only suggestions. Please write whatever…