Year of the Snake Contest entry. 500 words. Triggers: #2, 8. Gloss: ina: mother; anak ko: my child; wen: yes; ama: father.

Triggers for July: 1. not dead yet 2. trying to understand 3. the old were first to leave 4. life was good 5. I had fallen in love 6. to do my part 7. to make shame 8. nothing helps “The Peddler” Mountains rose above our village like hands in prayer. She shuffled from house…

Triggers for July: 1. so here’s my recommendation 2. an unexcused absence from school 3. watched me like a hawk 4. suddenly it was quiet 5. I’ll never know for sure 6. laughing non-stop 7. how we all dream dreams 8. love's wheel turns From “The Black and Yellow Raft,” by Jim Harstad            “You…

Uncle comes tearing out of the house saying, Ma, come back in da house, she going come get you too you know! : 494 words

Here are the monthly winners in The Great BR Year of the Snake Writing Contest. They've won $10 Bamboo Bucks to use in the online store : ) Here's the list of winners and their awards: Da mos Down in da Poe-a-tree Trenches Award “Misses and Mythconceptions,” by Normie Salvador http://www.bambooridge.com/bambooshoot.aspx?bid=1437 Da mos Eat da…

June is busting out all over, and so is our ongoing writing contest. This month, the limit is back to 500 words. The triggers for this month are lines taken from the following two texts. Find them here: Issue Number 60, Winter 1994, New Moon Issue Number 61/62, BANANAHEART & OTHER STORIES, by Marie Hara…

Year of the Snake Contest entry. Triggers: #2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10, & 11. 248 words.

I’ve never written a poem But I have walked a lava field at midnight And seen the ropy hair of Pele unfurl in searing orange into a roiling sea. Year of the Snake Contest Entry. 230 words.