“Uncle, you get bird doo-doo on your head.” “What? How can.” He went check in da mirror. “No mo!” “April Fool!” “Ah, you went trick me. April Fu Day, eh?….
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rooster
The Cruelest Month?
Let’s hear it forthe fourth month ofthe year, The cruelest month, some say, but I dunno, How could it be, when everywhere I hear The croon ofthrush, offinch, ofcardino? Themonth…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rooster
Along some way I’ll find someone, my Love
Along some way I’ll find someone, my Love Together may we by our fates attach Together may we both forever prove We’ll last through time this time a timeless match…
Bamboo Shoots Prompt for Year of the Rooster
The year of the Rooster Writing Contest for April : )
Okay, even though April Fool’s Day is past, it’s still going to be one of the topics for this month. And we’re going up again. So, you can either write…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rooster
Uncle No Wear Green
So why you gotta wear green? So Andrew no punch me. So you wear green and walk around all day scared dat Andrew going punch you? Yeah. What about da…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rooster
Grandma Ponczoha’s Croup de Grace
Two burning, barking, wheezing days and nights of Musterole and mustard plaster, Time to get serious: Five fat cloves of raw garlic, dipped in coarse salt, and chewed thoroughly. My…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rooster
A toast to love’s forever-lasting days
A toast to love’s forever-lasting days If once it will be found then may it stay Undying vows held to unswerving ways Eternal celebration come what may For all who…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rooster
The proper way to eat an avocado
In late winter, miniature yellow-white buds appear in clusters between the smooth, broad leaves of our avocado tree. After the flowers drop, tiny green oval shaped fruits are left behind….
Bamboo Shoots Prompt for Year of the Rooster
The Year of the Rooster Writing Contest for March : )
Okay, we are going up again this month. So, you can write a haiku or a piece that is exactly 100 words long or you can accept the challenge of…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rooster
Siu Pau Jeong (Burn Firecrackers)
Every Chinese New Year Uncle give us one small pack firecrackers but you gotta listen to one story first. He tell be careful, la dat. Uncle stay counting, “Yut, gnee,…