Hawai‘i Literature & Art
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He shuffles off down the street, looking for another safe space, another place to lay down and rest his tired and broken body and his weeping soul. He puts his meager belongings into his ragged and dirty backpack. Slowly he folds up his mat. You don’t need to watch me, I’ll go. I’m going,…
My brain felt active in every cell of my body. After that first day, and with daily practice, my mind became as sharp as a needle’s point. It is the first step to accessing emotional memories and imagining deeply. Relaxation is the key to genuine expression. Be very definite and precise, not general. Strasberg encourages…
“Assistance, please.” A couple of individuals pointed electronic devices in his direction, but the visitor remained locked in time and space. “I need to leave. The guide said that everyone would be well fed, comfortably housed, and pursuing interests which contribute to the greater community. I was promised deep conversations with sensitive, intellectual beings enjoying…
“Perhaps,” she says, “that young man had been in a great deal of trouble in the past, and Doyle was trying to determine a recommendation for sentencing.” “I couldn’t imagine,” I say, “why he would bother himself with gathering information about a case that seemed so minor.” He’d asked me to recount the…
Your soul may not yet yearn for it, but it will remain preserved in your imagination. Not be be outdone, cockroach juice can be boiled and brewed–served with ice and taste like prawns. Haneru means jump. Here’s news for you: a pest release from Japan– Haneru beer made from cricket broth. Worried about how it…
Three very important things to keep in mind. First, these prompts can act as springboards for you. Use them to go somewhere or feel free to ignore them completely and write whatever you want to write. Second, I forgot already, so just remember 1 and 3. Third, any piece you post for the monthly contest…
Blue Elephant (down) I’m not into tattoos. The first thing I ask a woman who’s interested in taking a relationship further is if she’s got any. If she says ‘yes,’ that’s it. It’s as good as telling me she voted for trump. “No,” she says as we sit there in her living room. “I did…
At 4 I was given a dip net and catch bucket. The net’s wooden handle kept me at arms length from the creatures I scooped up, while the bucket had a metal spring against the top flap where only air escaped through breathing holes. I’d fill it with ocean water, then in went bright, tropical…
A Life Paper waterfall A mountain of scraps slides downward Unreadable handwritten notes Yellowed newsprint Forgotten bills and receipts Recipes torn from magazines I was so inspired Books buried among the documents Now part of the strata Pretty treasures once used as paper weights Now fossils Memorabilia Notes from a half-remembered workshop Unopened appeals for…
Prompt: Feed your demons/ malasadas Bottom Up (demons first) If you feed your demons a dozen malasadas they will want a dozen manapuas to balance out the sweet; a dozen demon-sized cups of Orange Bang to balance out the salty and sate their thirst; a live Hawaiian music band to play while they digest…