Hawai‘i Literature & Art
— Since 1978 —
Blue Elephant (down) I’m not into tattoos. The first thing I ask a woman who’s interested in taking a relationship further is if she’s got any. If she says ‘yes,’ that’s it. It’s as good as telling me she voted for trump. “No,” she says as we sit there in her living room. “I did…
At 4 I was given a dip net and catch bucket. The net’s wooden handle kept me at arms length from the creatures I scooped up, while the bucket had a metal spring against the top flap where only air escaped through breathing holes. I’d fill it with ocean water, then in went bright, tropical…
A Life Paper waterfall A mountain of scraps slides downward Unreadable handwritten notes Yellowed newsprint Forgotten bills and receipts Recipes torn from magazines I was so inspired Books buried among the documents Now part of the strata Pretty treasures once used as paper weights Now fossils Memorabilia Notes from a half-remembered workshop Unopened appeals for…
Prompt: Feed your demons/ malasadas Bottom Up (demons first) If you feed your demons a dozen malasadas they will want a dozen manapuas to balance out the sweet; a dozen demon-sized cups of Orange Bang to balance out the salty and sate their thirst; a live Hawaiian music band to play while they digest…
Along coastline communities with their climate-controlled gyms and apocalyptic landscapes The rising water of Monsoons and High Noons that batter the island Through covered connections to structural seduction of kosher, certified organic Whole Foods Market Where it is god that enters, not as human does he enter, gliding, neither by foot nor by car * …
Passing It read, “The dead know nothing the living won’t find out sooner or later.” And you sure don’t envy them, she thought, for having earned that one leg up. She knew, “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over” meant with these here, it was definitely over. Did he believe, she wondered, you never know when,…
Okie Dokie, Happy February to all you writers out there in, er, writerland. First off, have you checked over under the blogs to see if you won10 Bamboo Bucks for your January writing submission? Hurry up. Go take a look: January 2023 Year of the Tiger Bamboo Shoots Writing Contest Winners : ) Okay, this…