With a wire scoop ladle, Magdalena fished golden-brown four-pointed stars out of the simmering oil. This time it didn’t matter that the crab rangoons were Pinterest-imperfect. After setting the bowl…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rooster
In Honor of Black History Month (100 words)
Today we march as free men not yet freed, as citizens separated from citizenship, moving from shadows of shackled feet from shores where slave ships emptied cattle and Black men;…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rooster
Crooked Pinky
This wacked-out little finger? It was third grade, he was Melvin, she was Irene, and I was in the way. To Melvin I was. Nobody asked Irene. Irene had dark…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rooster
How then the gloaming times grow dark and drear
How then the gloaming times grown dark and drear When all birds sung their song a time ago What majesty reduced to something tears Where others feared their passages unknown…
Bamboo Shoots Prompt for Year of the Rooster
Year of the Rooster/Chicken Writing Contest for February
Happy Lunar New Year to all of you, I hope all of your dreams come true. But down to business. We are going up again, so You can write a…
Bamboo Shoots Submission for Year of the Rooster
The Lion Wears Sneakers
Caleb clutches his mother’s leg. With the clash, crash, and boom of brass gong, cymbals, and drum, the white lion dances closer. Its head whips out at the circling crowd….