I walk in the store thinking Notahaolenotahaolenotahaole Singing to the Jpop on the store sound system Customers stare when I buy natto. Then I pick up nori flavored potato chips…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ram
Riesling Goes With Anything
She knew everything. At least she always sounded like she did. “Riesling goes with anything,” she proclaimed with authority. Those proclamations always came before an audience of more than me….
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ram
Checking out at Foodland
I no understand How some people, yeah, Follow words they scratch down on one long piece paper, Like at Foodland, yeah, The lady in front me at check out, Looking…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ram
Old Slim
He held his left lat with his big right hand and doubled over, gasping with laughter, struggling to keep the fruit jar in his left hand from spilling. Old Slim…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ram
Give Aloha
Wine make da words come Fast sound good until you see No mo aloha
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ram
The Secret Keeper
The words you speak spout an armed force of meaning deployed to overwhelm me beating my brain with your Scrabble victory vocabulary triumphing over me while you further drop fancy…
Bamboo Shoots Prompt for Year of the Ram
September Year of the Ram Writing Contest : )
Going grocery shopping in September? If you have a Maikaʻi Card, you can make a donation to Bamboo Ridge Press (#77156) at any Foodland or Sack n’ Save for the…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ram
Breaking the Silence
Rekindling the breath Stoking the fire of words Stories come to life
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ram
A CARPENTER’S MEASURE
Sucking thoughtfully at his purple, throbbing thumb, He examines the new deck: It looks good, feels strong, Feels right.
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Ram
Stillness
Here, the short grass is an emerald green – moist from sprinklertone, tinged with honeydew scent. Here, the street lights, low-sodium auroras, are soft yet sullen; lacking the light-heartedness necessary…