Music rings, chuckles through COVID-19’s dark orbit, the beating wings of blue birds over rainbows raised by elbows, the whispering sway of kaholos in rhythm to flashes of IZ out…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- November Contest
My corn grows high
in five large black plastic pots on my lānai, watering, and fertilized with care, I am satisfied, bear the slight tremor in my hands that grows more visible, so much…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- November Contest
The Tree
You now call me an old man An over the hill seventy-one-year old But you have no idea at all What you are looking at You see the rough…
Aloha, aloha, aloha. Dis da tird an las prompt for Novembah. 100 words only. Not 99, not 101, but 100 words on da nosy-lani. from “Painted Passages” by Gail N….
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- November Contest
Uncle
Flying down Kamehameha Hwy towards Haleiwa at eighty miles. Suddenly, sirens and blue light behind me. I slow down, stop on the side of the road. Young police officer walking…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- November Contest
When I Am Gone
When I Am Gone There’s something about stones that lure us to remember loved ones who have passed on. At my father’s grave, we stand hip-cocked or sit, chatting about…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- November Contest
We Are Made Of Star Stuff
We Are Made Of Star Stuff Carl Sagan got it right, It’s just that it gets buried From everyday shit That pile on and on You know what I mean,…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- November Contest
Father Sold Appliances at Hawaiian Electric Co.
He knew facts of every refrigerator and range. Still he wondered why local couples walked right past him and went straight to the haole salesmen. Right past the short, pudgy…
Bamboo Shoots Prompt for Year of the Rat -- November Contest
Second Writing Prompt for November — Our 100-Word Contest Returns
Remember, this month we’re writing pieces that are EXACTLY 100 words in length. Prose, poetry, a hybrid style, anything goes, but make sure your entry is exactly 100 words. The…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rat -- November Contest
Ahem, Aloha!
The best thing to keep in mind when you are asked to write a hundred words on any topic is that it won’t be deathless prose and that all you…
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