She opened the door, peered within, then, sighing, closed it. Three days of leftovers; time to transform, Chopped-wise, or commence discarding. She didn’t like to waste. As she stood in…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- January 2022 Contest
So, What’s New?
Everyone knows January first is new To me, new means That sweet scent of a just born baby’s head The smell and crackle of book pages never read by anyone…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- January 2022 Contest
Spring, Madison, Wisconsin, 2022
It’s another spring coming that I won’t be back in Madison, go there to write, my personal writing workshop, a retreat, where the energy is good and the writing flows….
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- January 2022 Contest
The haves and the maybe-rather-have-nots
Why, hello again, Miss Sadie So pretty this morning Like mornings past Beaming brightly Glowing whitely Coquettishly glimmering Chrome shimmering GLC 300 Paper plates serving notice: 02/28/22 Some lucky someone’s…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- January 2022 Contest
First 10 days of Plague Year 2022
1st Feels like the old new year: infinite loop; flying Dutchman; Möbius strip. 2nd Paranoid about going to the gym though working out with a trainer in a room by…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- January 2022 Contest
There’s Something New Under the Sun
It’s called the Novel Coronavirus and by novel they mean it’s a “new pathogen of a previously known type”. By “they” I mean the World Health Organization who approves the…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- January 2022 Contest
Airbnb
Imagine arriving at house beautiful, someone’s home, unburdened of personal effects. A temporary code to access entry, the weight of a nickel-brass key abandoned to another life. Rooms decorated to…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox -- January 2022 Contest
New Year Traditions-old and new
Older Traditions: Fireworks fizzled But shared Year-end soba Warmed the rain soaked night. eyk 1/1/2022 hatsu haiku The big pot comes down Sound of Mizuna chopping Making ozoni. eyk 1/1/2020…
Bamboo Shoots Prompt for Year of the Ox -- January 2022 Contest
January 2022 Year of the Ox Writing Contest Prompts : )
Happy New Year. This month, let’s go for 100 to 500 words. This time, I’m thinking of new things. New looks, new cars, new ideas, new shoes, new names, new…