The Blue in the Stratosphere There is a light gleaming From across the vast and empty sea It is blue, like headlights from a distant far off place of…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for August 2024 Year of the Dragon Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest Prompts
Great-Grandpa’s House
I’m eight years old and itching to become a hero. My great-grandpa’s yard in Wahiawā is steeped in enchantment, and I’ve not yet been trained not to see it. Great-grandpa…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for August 2024 Year of the Dragon Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest Prompts
You’re So Ambitious for a Juvenile
My guardian angel wasn’t there to protect me When my nose sucked in gobs of chlorinated water My eyes stinging and my nostrils power snorting Me floundering around in a…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for August 2024 Year of the Dragon Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest Prompts
A Farewell Toast (memorial)
A Farewell Toast (eulogy for a sandwich) I am not dressed appropriately for this, with a red mess of guts on my blouse. Your guts. Yellow bits of little yous…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for August 2024 Year of the Dragon Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest Prompts
Grains of Rice – 1,000 words
It’s kaukau time at Tutu chan’s house, she taught me how to save every grain of rice when you wash and every grain from the pot when you save leftover…
It was great to see new faces submit pieces in July. I hope to see more from you, and I also hope to see some of our regulars post a…