Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest -- May 2021
Friends
My childhood friend claimed the sky belonged to him. As we sat there on the lānai, looking out over the grounds, he suddenly said all the clouds, any birds flying…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest -- May 2021
Watch Your Face
Tita flap her hands make her calm make her happy. Tita cannot talk but she perceptive –she know what you going do before you going do it like wait at…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest -- May 2021
Words are Strange
Words are strange… As they tell us stories through air, and through our many mediums They never have the same meaning. Though the words may stay the same, the difference…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest -- May 2021
Still Hungry
Craving comfort food I challenge myself to parallel park Right in front of Jane’s Saimin Stand Japanese high notes bounce along wooden walls From the old jukebox in the corner….
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest -- May 2021
Pipeline
Pipeline You paddle out Wait your turn Waiting in the line up is how you learn The wave builds up You feel it too Adrenaline rushes through you…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest -- May 2021
Heliophilia
Don’t get too close or you’ll get burned. Don’t look too long or you’ll go blind. Admire her beauty from afar. Find comfort in her…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest -- May 2021
Stuck in a Box
Small and suffocating Overwhelming emotion Panic and anxiety Everything I am used to Boundaries and borders I would never step outside It might be better this way Keep the…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest -- May 2021
Society
Society Pay attention to society, society is the most sociable association of all. Are you upset by how forthcoming it is? Does it tear you apart to see society so…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest -- May 2021
School
I wonder if the person who created school would still put out that idea if they saw how much each year we would have to suffer just for us to…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ox Writing Contest -- May 2021
Mr. Mystery Man
Mr. Mystery Man spends the entire day on his porch, watching his neighbors walk by. They give him strange looks and gossip about him. They distribute false information. They tell…