Happy Chinese New Year! 2014 is the ‘Year of the Horse’ and we’re continuing with our monthly writing contest. As in the past few months, this month 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…

As in the past few months, this month 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: what I wanted was “Waterworks Series: Flagstones,” Willyce Kim that’s the worst part…

You can have aaaall da pineapples you like …

A poem inspired by the news Lanai has a new landlord

245 words – My trigger is: they were the wrong size

March entry, Year of the Horse contest. 894 words

As in the past few months, this month 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: Use one of the prompts to trigger your piece…

There will be no contest in February. However, The Great BR Year of the Horse Writing Contest will debut in March : ) Stay tuned . . .

He explained that recently two of his best friends had died. He realized that not only had he lost them but he had lost parts of himself, experiences and corresponding memories that could never be shared again. He described the loss of others as pieces of ourselves falling away, never to be retrieved or replaced. As I said, he was eloquent in responding to a pop quiz after much eating and drinking. (774)