Where does it go The days? They roll inexorably forward Warmly welcoming the sun And bidding good night to the moon. Where does it go The weeks? When smiles are brightest on Friday Then turns 180 degrees The following Monday. Where does it go The months? When lush green transitions To fallen browns and curled…

Angel of Mercy Sitting on the saddle of a crescent moon the Angel of Mercy looks down upon this wretched jewel of the universe called Earth. This angel of great powers weeps for the castaways who suffer indignities that are too much to bear and who seek release from their tormentors. The Angel of Mercy…

peacock mantis shrimp has hues of green, blue, and red on it’s shelled body what a strange creature it can see eight times as much colors than humans undersea nightmare the mantis shrimp, be on guard around it’s two limbs striking faster than the blink of a human eye they can break all sorts using…

She chose a physics major for fun, studied religiously between big party blow outs and a million dates with a million boyfriends, one in a wheelchair. At night she’d get plastered with her fellow-physicists in the old Washburn Observatory under the star cover she could identify name by name, blindfolded, because she knew their formations…

“These days,” he croons in a thoughtful baritone, “it seems that everybody expects physical congress with everybody else. If you’re not making a pass at a man’s wife — or the man himself — you’re kind of an oddball.” “I’ve noticed that,” she coos in reply. “I wonder if it has always been like that,…

There is no word limit for your entries. HOWEVER, we are also looking for haiku entries, if you are so inclined : ) The triggers for this month are lines taken from the following two texts. Find them here: BAMBOO RIDGE Issue Number 98 BAMBOO RIDGE Issue Number 99, THREE YEARS ON DOREEN’S SOFA, by…

The year 2008, what a memorable year, but it’s not what think All in all, all my beloved teams did not raise the beer One by one, I learned it was not their year Sports god is cruel Inflicted me with depression three times all in one year First up, in February it was a…

the rain pounds, it pours in rhythm with our footfalls hitting the ground, pat, pat, pat arms move, hard and fast in rhythm with our footfalls pumping, right, left, right inhaling and exhaling in rhythm with our footfalls inhale, stride, stride, stride then; exhale, stride, stride, in rhythm with our footfalls pat, pump, breath, stride,…

Pink Mochi Girl, looking out of her bedroom window. Down towards Moody,rainy Hilo Bay. Always raining, nevah see sunshine fo’ days…. Just broke up with her boyfriend, Da one dey call Big Green Eye, Motorcycle Kid. Two years dey went steady. Walking past  Robert’s Bakery, After school, every day, holding hands. Admiring da wedding cakes. Looking…

Shimmied into Bar Nine my hips a-swivel in a tight jean confine. I know what I’ve got and you want what I have but I’ll warn you right now and won’t warn you again just pay me no mind cuz I ain’t the committing kind, no, I just ain’t the committing kind. He studied me…